Illinois
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Obama names Ill.'s LaHood transportation secretary
Dec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Swiftly completing his Cabinet, President-elect Barack Obama named four officials to oversee transportation, labor, trade and small business policy in his new administra...
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Man gets 41 years for Centreville 'pen' shootingDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A man has been sentenced to 41 years in prison for shooting his cousin in the head as revenge for being hit in the face with a pen. St. Clair County Judge ...
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Blagojevich aides offer shrugs to impeachment inquiryDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The state's top welfare officials repeatedly said Thursday they didn't know or couldn't recall who it was that decided to press forward with a taxpayer-fin...
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Blagojevich pardons 22 peopleDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Hours after declaring himself innocent of federal corruption charges Friday, Gov. Rod Blagojevich pardoned 22 people who had sought clemency through his office. In a sta...
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Druggists can object to 'morning-after' pill rule
Dec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois pharmacists who object to dispensing emergency contraception won another day in court to fight a rule they claim forces them to choose between their livelihood ...
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Gardner Denver to trim 9% of salaried jobsDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Gardner Denver Inc., the maker of Oberdorfer pumps, plans to cut its salaried workforce by 9 percent in the next nine months as demand for compressors and industrial pro...
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Jury: Electrocution death accidental
Dec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- A coroner's jury in central Illinois has ruled that a disconnected ground wire caused an 8-year-old boy's accidental electrocution death. Police in the Peoria ...
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'20/20' plans segment on Illinois cop
Dec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- ABC News' "20/20" will include a segment Friday on a case in which a central Illinois police sergeant was convicted of raping two women. A "20/20" film cr...
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Former student wins bail appeal in SIU threat case
Dec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A judge in Madison County has ruled that a former Southern Illinois University student charged with threatening a shooting rampage can no longer be held ...
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Lawyer: Feds want gov. to forfeit campaign fund
Dec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - A defense attorney said Thursday that federal prosecutors have served notice they will seek to have Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund forfeited if he is convicted of ...