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Police say 2 teens beat mentally challenged cousin

Associated Press
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS, _ A 34-year-old woman with the mental capacity of a 6-year-old was virtually defenseless to beatings inflicted by live-in, teenage cousins, and could not...
Foster turns to ethics in first TV ad

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Congressman Bill Foster is touting his brief tenure on Capitol Hill in his first campaign ad hitting suburban households this week. "When you se...
State begins process to recover $1 million grant

Associated Press
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is demanding repayment of a $1 million grant it has admitted it gave to a private school by mistake. The Department ...
Government wants VA lawsuit tossed

Associated Press
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. government says a lawsuit over a Kentucky man's death at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Marion should be thrown out because it was filed too s...
UI president wants Global Campus changes

Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois President Joseph White wants to loosen the reins on the school's new online Global Campus to boost its disappointing enrollment and s...
Just 1 Illinois high school dropout costs $221,000

Associated Press
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Taxpayers lose $221,000 over the course of a lifetime for each Illinois student who drops out of school, according to a new analysis released Wednesday. "Taxpayers bear ...
3 more Illinois counties declared disaster areas

Associated Press
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Governor Rod Blagojevich has declared three more Illinois counties state disaster areas after severe flooding this month. The governor's office says the state disaster d...
Suburban lawmakers get early say on bailout

By Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Sep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Suburban lawmakers will have a considerable say in crafting the Bush Administration's $700 billion bailout package, though many of them remain undecided on the specifics...
Prairie Parkway en route to reality

By Marni Pyke
Sep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Construction of a 5-mile segment of the controversial Prairie Parkway could start as soon as late 2009 following federal approvals for the project connecting I-80 and th...
Man convicted in 2004 murder, dismemberment

Associated Press
Sep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE _ A Madison County jury has convicted a southern Illinois man of first-degree murder in the death and dismemberment of a mentally ill stranger. The jury del...

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