Illinois
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Blago trial delays action on state's real woes
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- While the Illinois Senate zeros in on Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a historic impeachment trial, other vital state issues are being shoved aside. There will be...
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Fertility center opens at SIUJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The medical school at Southern Illinois University in Springfield has opened a new fertility center. Three SIU faculty physicians and three senior laborat...
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Freight train derails near Kankakee County town of Grant Park
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say about 20 cars of a freight train derailed near the small Kankakee County town of Grant Park, about 50 miles south of Chicago. There were no reports of in...
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Local lawmaker targets puppy mills
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Two Illinois area lawmakers are pushing legislation aimed at cracking down on puppy mills. Chicago Rep. John Fritchey and Sen. Dan Kotowski of Mt. Prospect announced the...
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Durbin doubts Bush will help ex-Gov. RyanJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - As President George W. Bush was set to leave office late Monday, it seemed former Gov. George Ryan's hope to be freed from jail would depart with him. If a...
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Former Marine arrested in 1972 murder case
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - DANVILLE -- A 56-year-old central Illinois man awaits extradition to North Carolina to face allegations he participated in the 1972 shooting death of a Camp Lejeune Mari...
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Ill. factory lays off 26 percent of work force
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - WOOD RIVER -- A railroad repair company in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis says it's been hit by the automobile industry's decline and must lay off 31 workers. Manager S...
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Springfield reports power consumption record
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD --The recent blast of subzero winter weather is causing record power consumption in Springfield. Springfield, City Water, Light and Power says the state's ca...
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Uof I endowment drops $400 million
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Officials say the University of Illinois' endowment fund has dropped nearly 30 percent in value, or about $400 million, since the summer. In June, the fund ...
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7,000-pound forklift traps Normal worker
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - NORMAL -- Officials in central Illinois say firefighters were forced to inflate air bags to raise a 7,000-pound forklift that trapped a factory worker. Officials aren't ...