Illinois
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Illinois professor receives National Science Award
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois physics professor Charles Slichter has been awarded the National Medal of Science. Slichter, who joined the Illinois faculty in 1949,...
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IDOT to stop planting ash trees
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- In an effort to stop the spread of invasive emerald ash borer beetle, the Illinois Department of Transportation says it won't plant ash trees in any more of it...
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Widower: I was helpless to stop abuse
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A widower of an East St. Louis woman who police say routinely ordered children in her home to beat a mentally challenged woman says he was helpless to ...
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Report: Fund for death defenses remains unchecked
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A state fund that pays for death penalty cases shows a pattern of unchecked expenses and questionable fees billed by some lawyers and trial experts, accor...
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Stickney firefighter charged with child porn
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A suburban Chicago fire lieutenant has been charged with felony possession of child pornography. The FBI said Monday that agents arrested 53-year-old Michael J. Grueber ...
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Shooting by police under investigation
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Authorities are investigating a weekend incident in which a Cape Girardeau officer shot a man outside a bar. Police say 20-year-old Jordan Modicue...
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Girl, 3, dies; mother charged with battery
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - HERRIN -- A southern Illinois teenage mother is jailed without bond on a Williamson County battery charge filed after her 3-year-old daughter's weekend death. Eighteen-y...
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State warns of E. coli risk from lettuce
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is warning of E. coli risks from iceberg lettuce distributed by a Michigan-based company. Health officials say at...
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NIU to move temporary memorial to shooting victims
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - DEKALB -- Northern Illinois University has decided to move a temporary memorial to students killed in a February campus shooting to make it more accessible for those wan...
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Authorities: 61-year-old woman in prostitution ring
Sep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Court documents show a 61-year-old woman from a small central Illinois village played a key role in an alleged multistate prostitution ring. Letha Deanna D...