Illinois
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Lincoln library director won't be named soon
Jan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Officials of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum are pointing to the turmoil in Illinois' government as the reason a new director of the i...
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Metra derailment disrupts morning commute on Electric Line
Jan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - UNIVERSITY PARK -- Commuters on Metra's Electric Line faced delays following the derailment of one car in a rail yard near Richton Park, south of Chicago. According to M...
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Who's who in the impeachment trial of Gov. BlagojevichJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The cast of characters in the Senate's impeachment trial of Gov. Rod Blagojevich are well-known players in the marble halls of the state Capitol, but they ...
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Illinois eager to claim Obama money for infrastructureJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Projects, we've got projects. Along with the 49 other states, Illinois has its share of old buses and train cars, roads exploding with potholes and dilapidated bridges. ...
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Governor's impeachment trial a first for IllinoisJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Moments after President Barack Obama finished his landmark inauguration speech, the masses on the National Mall turned and began making their way home. In t...
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Downstate man rescued from grain bin
Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - CHATHAM -- A 60-year-old man is in serious but stable condition after spending four hours buried to his chin in a central Illinois grain bin filled with soybeans. Spring...
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Governor's historic impeachment trial beginsJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The first impeachment of a governor in the history of Illinois began at high noon today with the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court taking contro...
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Canadian supplier drops drug-import plan
Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Canadian supplier of low-cost drugs to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's much-hyped but illegal drug-import program has dropped out, bemoaning the state...
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Blago says 'the fix is in,' as he makes the talk-show roundsJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Twice confronted with his own damning words allegedly caught on federal wiretaps, Gov. Rod Blagojevich refused to explain on national TV Monday morning why he called a U...
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Blago likens himself to King, GandhiJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - On the eve of his appearance on three national TV shows, Gov. Rod Blagojevich compared himself to Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in an interv...