Illinois
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Have your say on green lanesNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Do you like the idea of carpool lanes on the tollway system? Today's your chance to opine on the subject during a hearing from 2 to 4 p.m. at the NIU Hoffman Estates ca...
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Suburban Republicans hope to lead Senate GOPNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - As part of a sweeping leadership change in the state Senate, suburban Republicans are angling to head their party's struggling minority as downstate Sen. Frank Watson ha...
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Man charged in brother, stepdad's deathsNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE _ Authorities say a 45-year-old Gillespie man has been charged in the deaths of his brother and stepfather in Madison County. Douglas L. Jackson was charged...
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Emanuel accepts job as Obama's White House chief
Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Barack Obama is signaling a shift in tactics and temperament as he moves from candidate to president-elect, picking sharp-elbowed Washington insiders for top posts. His ...
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Illegal immigrant deportations increases
Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The number of illegal immigrants deported from a six-state area including Illinois has nearly doubled over the past four years. Immigration and Customs Enforcement figur...
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Obama administration could open doors for IllinoisansNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - On more than a few occasions, Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. has joked that if his friend Barack Obama became president, he'd like to be ambassador to Ireland....
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FutureGen supporters hopeful with new president
Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN _ In Coles County, economic developers and others who back the FutureGen clean-coal project have waited for Election Day for months, hoping a new president wou...
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Illinois man has 5 holes-in-one in a week
Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - KAPPA _ Central Illinois amateur golfer Curt Hocker is on a roll. Five rolls, to be exact. Just ask anyone at the El Paso Golf Club, where the 22-year-old has recorded f...
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Police: Woman dies day after vehicle hit by train
Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- A southwestern Illinois woman whose vehicle was hit by a train has died. Authorities in Granite City say 59-year-old Elizabeth King died Wednesday at a S...
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A look back at how the race was won
Nov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - It was a tumultuous Monday morning in mid-September -- two of America's financial giants were near collapse, the Dow was plummeting and the economy seemed to be in free ...