Illinois
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Man imprisoned for 2 bank holdups
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - BENTON -- A federal judge says a 23-year-old Indiana man should spend more than 38 years in federal prison for robbing two southern Illinois banks. Jacob Messic of Evans...
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Downstate town still throwing party
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - GLEN CARBON -- A southwestern Illinois village says it isn't going to play Scrooge with its holiday party at a time when the sagging U.S. economy has many rethinking suc...
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Probation in firefighter's freeway death
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - BENTON -- The driver of a Greyhound bus that struck and killed a southern Illinois firefighter has been sentenced to two years of probation as part of a plea deal with p...
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Union files third lawsuit over Pontiac prison
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN _ The union that represents workers at a central Illinois prison filed another lawsuit Wednesday trying to stop the state from closing the facility until safet...
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Downstate man charged in pitbull attack
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - EAST CARONDELET -- A man has been charged with violating a St. Clair County ordinance after his pit bull allegedly attacked an 8-year-old boy on Veteran's Day. St. Clair...
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Officials: Manure spill under control
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - AUGUSTA -- Emergency management officials say they're confident no lingering or long-long range problems will result from a massive pig manure spill near the town of Aug...
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Settlement reached in housing suit
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - A settlement in a class-action lawsuit is being hailed as a historic move forward for adults with developmental disabilities in Illinois. The state has agreed to help ad...
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Man gets 33 years for killing Illinois woman
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CARLINVILLE _ A judge has sentenced a man to 33 years in prison for the 2003 strangling and beating death of a 22-year-old East Gillespie woman. Twenty-nine-year-old Ant...
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Pelican stranded near Rock River
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - BARSTOW -- Help may be on the way for a lone pelican stranded in Rock Island County for several weeks after some 50 others in its flock flew south. It's been seen swimmi...
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State has $4 billion in unpaid bills
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state of Illinois' backlog of unpaid bills has climbed to nearly $4 billion -- the largest total in state history. Comptroller Daniel Hynes warned on ...