Illinois
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Central Ill. city asked to enforce smoking ban
Oct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - LINCOLN, Ill. _ State legislators may have banned smoking in public places starting Jan. 1, but some central Illinois bar owners are reportedly still letting patrons li...
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State unemployment drops to 6.9 percentOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Russetta Rauch of Naperville hit the ground running after being laid off on Oct. 1 with nine other colleagues at a real estate title insurance company. She did all the r...
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Judge tosses lawsuit targeting shooting range
Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - St. Clair County's efforts to shut down a shooting range it argues is too close to Scott Air Force Base have taken another hit. A judge in Belleville has dismissed a law...
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Major interest groups split on rewriting Illinois' constitutionOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - If voters are upset about the current state of Illinois politics, they should support a referendum to redraft the state's constitution on this year's ballot, supporters ...
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Iowa man gets death in teen's murderOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - GALENA, _ Attorneys for an Iowa man sentenced to death for the murder of a 13-year-old girl say they plan to appeal the sentence. David Damm's defense attorneys say the ...
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State issues conditional license to Countrywide
Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Illinois regulators issued a conditional license to Countrywide Home Loans Inc. on Thursday so the company can meet its obligations under a national settlemen...
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Corrections employee charged with theft
Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD _ An Illinois Department of Corrections employee has been charged with felony theft and official misconduct for allegedly stealing more than $10,000 from the...
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Illinois to deposit $1 billion in banks
Oct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday put Illinois among the first states to wade into financial sector rescues, promising to deposit up to $1 bil...
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Carpooling on the horizonOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In the traffic-clogged Chicago area, you'd think carpooling would be right up there with Mom and apple pie for many drivers. But Jon Brozenec of Bartlett had a slightly ...
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Downstate man admits defrauding employer
Oct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- A southern Illinois man has pleaded guilty to federal charges that accused him of embezzling more than $1.5 million from his employer. Fifty-eight-year-old ...