Illinois
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Gov. Blagojevich: 'I will fight' until 'my last breath'Dec 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich came out swinging Friday, pledging his innocence, refusing to resign and defying the "political lynch mob" he sees as trying to take him out. "I wil...
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Fiery head-on crash kills 1, closes I-74
Dec 19, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A stretch of Interstate 74 in Champaign has reopened after a head-on collision that killed one person and injured several more. Authorities say a car driven...
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"A Christmas Carol" celebrated in haunted school
Dec 19, 2008 10:00 pm - ALTON -- In a flurry of activity, Gary Levi prepared this week for the renaissance of the Milton School building as the Milton Museum. "The school was probably named aft...
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6 accused of preying on elderly for money
Dec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A grand jury in central Illinois has indicted six individuals on charges of financially exploiting elderly people. The rash of unrelated cases results mai...
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Exams continue at WIU; campus 'quiet' after threat
Dec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - MACOMB -- Campus officials say Western Illinois University students are taking finals as scheduled, despite a threatening note found this week in the school's library. W...
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Purchases led cops to alleged racetrack robber
Dec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE -- Court filings show three people accused of robbing nearly $170,000 from Fairmount Park Racetrack were apprehended because one went on a shopping spree. C...
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What the Clinton impeachment may tell us about BlagojevichDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - It was 10 years ago today that the U.S. House voted to impeach President Bill Clinton and send the case on for a trial in the U.S. Senate. Then-U.S. Rep. R...
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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...