Illinois
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Burris denies Blago quid pro quo for Senate seat
Jan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris said Thursday he's never been involved in an improper deal in his two decades in government and didn't strike any agre...
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Shelbyville man is 'skeptical believer'
Jan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - SHELBYVILLE -- Brian Hendrian is a deer hunter from Shelbyville and, when he gets a spare moment, a stalker of the supernatural. He's been pursuing things that go bump i...
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Illinois, 41 other states in salmonella outbreak
Jan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - ATLANTA - A nationwide salmonella outbreak that has struck 42 states, including Illinois, has put about one in five of its victims in the hospital, the U.S. Centers for ...
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Downstate thieves target antlers
Jan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - CARLINVILLE -- It's no moose on the loose, but authorities in two southwestern Illinois counties are trying to rein in a spree of brazen antler thefts. Investigators in ...
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Deere climbs after Bernstein rating boostJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Deere & Co., the world's largest maker of farm equipment, rose to the highest price since October after Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. boosted its rating on the shares to "o...
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Man convicted of assaulting girl
Jan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A Bloomington man who claimed the sexual contact he had with a girl under 13 years old was initiated by the victim has been sentenced to 15 years in priso...
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Ill. panel to grill Burris on Senate appointment
Jan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Republicans are promising tough questions Thursday for Senate-appointee Roland Burris on why he accepted a position offered by disgraced Gov. Rod...
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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....