Illinois
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No need for change to ConstitutionOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters urges Daily Herald readers to vote no on the question of calling a new Constitutional Convention. Our League, in conjunction with o...
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Mother: I tried to save drowning kids
Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - TAMAROA -- The mother of two children who drowned after the pickup truck they were in rolled into a southern Illinois lake says she frantically tried to save them but co...
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Vallas returning to ChicagoOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Former Chicago Public Schools chief and Democratic governor candidate Paul Vallas is returning to the region Sunday to endorse a constitutional convention referendum. Va...
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Don't forget to vote for judges, with helpOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - On Nov. 4, citizens will have a chance to vote not only for our next president but also other candidates for national, state and local offices. A historic voter turnout ...
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Cellini donations permeate local, state campaignsOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The indictment of political insider Bill Cellini leaves numerous politicians scrambling to explain campaign donations tied to the bipartisan power broker. Cellini and h...
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Man convicted in Madison Co. killing
Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Madison County man faces up to 60 years in prison after being convicted in the 2005 killing of a man whose body was found in a ditch by a mushroom hunt...
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3 accused of taking kids to sex 'party' in Indiana.
Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS. -- Three people face federal charges for allegedly conspiring to take two young girls to an Indiana hotel room for a sex "party," then taking pictures as...
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New bone find encourages Fossett investigators
Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - MADERA, Calif. -- Searchers have found what appear to be two large human bones near the crash site of Steve Fossett's plane in California's Sierra Nevada, along with the...
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Downstate mom charged for son's injuries
Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- A 17-year-old South Peoria woman is being held in lieu of $150,000 bond for allegedly allowing her 5-month-old son's leg and rib to be broken. Stephanie M. Bar...
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2 killed in downstate oil well explosion
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - CROSSVILLE -- Authorities say an oil well explosion in southern Illinois has killed two people and injured five others. Medical helicopters airlifted four of the injured...