Illinois
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Study: More species invasions in Great Lakes
Jan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Dozens of foreign species could spread across the Great Lakes in coming years and cause significant damage to the environment and economy, despit...
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State reports traffic deaths down 16 percent for 2008
Jan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - The soaring gasoline prices that fueled anger among motorists may have contributed to a drop in highway deaths in Illinois and at least a dozen other states as conservat...
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Blagojevich lawyers want U.S. attorney off caseJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Attorneys for Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked the federal courts today to kick U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and his staff off the case and end the governor's prosecution....
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Lawmakers recommendation: Impeach BlagojevichJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached for failing to put the state's interests before his own and losing the citizens' confidence, an Illinois House pan...
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87-year-old bowls perfect game, ends up in ER
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Eighty-seven-year-old Belleville retiree Dale Van Blair was on quite a roll when he bowled a perfect game this week. A day later, he didn't have any good l...
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Couple move in above their shop
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - KEWANEE -- Sue and Will Sagmoen no longer commute to their business in Kewanee and no longer have lawns to mow and leaves to rake around their suburban home. Frequent tr...
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What does Blagojevich get out of Senate appointment?Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich could have expected Tuesday's spectacle in Washington, D.C., as his U.S. Senate appointee was denied a seat representing Illinois in the upper chamb...
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Illinois House members sworn in under shadow of Blago scandalJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois' D.C. lawmakers found their state the target of considerable ribbing Tuesday in the halls of Congress, as the media questioned Senate appointee Roland Burris in...
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White says he's taking too much blame in Burris saga
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says he's being unfairly blamed by members of the U.S. Senate for not seating Roland Burris. Burris was barred from taking Presid...
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Exelon slows LaSalle reactor for refueling outageJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Exelon Corp. is slowing the LaSalle 2 reactor in Illinois for a refueling outage. The reactor was operating at 89 percent of capacity early today, according to a report ...