Illinois
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Students: U of I brass should freeze pay
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Student trustees want the University of Illinois' highest paid administrators to pass up raises for two years. The three trustees serve on the university's ...
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Lottery deal legality questionedOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Plans to lease out the Illinois Lottery for billions of dollars could be in jeopardy after federal authorities recently said such deals might be illegal. O...
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Local GOP launches final radio pushOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois Republicans launched a radio ad blitz Tuesday to convince voters to back their party in state legislative races, even if they're leaning toward the other side f...
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Galesburg man convicted in retrial for 2004 attack
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - GALESBURG _ A Galesburg man who had claimed he acted in self defense has been convicted of attempted murder and sexual assault in a 2004 attack. Knox County jurors delib...
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A year later, still no answers about missing wife
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been a year of hope and hype, despair and denials in the search for missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson. Today is the anniversary of Peterson's disappearance....
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Lincoln Library head fired over shoplifting charge
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The head of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield has been fired after his second shoplifting arrest. Director Rick Beard had been on ad...
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East St. Louis mayor's home is robbedOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. _ Police are investigating a break-in at the home of East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks. Parks says no one was home during Friday's burglary. It appe...
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Rockford Airport adds new route
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A north-central Illinois airport says it's adding a new route to woo more travelers. Chicago Rockford International Airport says the flights to the Fort Myers, Florida, ...
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Ex-U of I coach faces DUI charge
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A University of Illinois gymnastics coach who resigned this month for unspecified personal reasons is facing a drunk-driving charge in Wisconsin. Waukesha C...
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State offers more help for winter heating bills
Oct 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois officials say the state will have an extra $118 million this year to help low-income families with their winter heating costs. Gov. Rod Blagojevi...