Illinois
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Letter addressed to Obama has suspicious powder
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Two Springfield office buildings were locked down Monday after a letter addressed to President-elect Barack Obama was found to contain a suspicious powder...
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Layoffs threatened at Interlake
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - PONTIAC -- About 260 employees of a central Illinois storage-rack factory are at risk of losing their jobs, in what would be the latest blow to the community of Pontiac....
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Making history for better or worseDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois politics reached the highest of highs in November, when Illinoisan Barack Obama became the nation's first African-American president. They reached the lowest of...
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Inmates recaptured after rare youth prison breakDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - A combination of county, state and local police joined Illinois Department of Corrections staff in collaring two juveniles Monday afternoon to end a manhunt that began w...
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Rain, runoff pushing Illinois rivers to flood
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Last week's snow and ice created new problems on Monday as melting drifts swelled creeks and rivers around Illinois. Water overran banks in many areas but h...
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Police talk to man in Illinois standoff
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. -- Extradition proceedings began Monday for a man who is accused of killing his girlfriend in Nebraska, then getting into a standoff with police at a...
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Blagojevich attorney: No reason to impeachDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Denied in his attempts to subpoena key Obama insiders, Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attorney called no witnesses Monday to defend the governor and instead used h...
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Feds look to release Blago tapes
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald wants lawmakers to hear what Gov. Rod Blagojevich says on wiretapped phone calls. Fitzgerald filed paperwork Monday to release conversat...
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Lincoln library acquires Civil War letters
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A collection of letters and sketches penned by a Civil War soldier has been acquired by Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. The correspond...
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Kankakee records first homicide of 2008
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - KANKAKEE -- Less than a week before the end of the year, police in the north-central Illinois community of Kankakee have recorded their first homicide of 2008. Kankakee ...