Illinois
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Family boosts reward in downstate murder
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- The family of a Missouri man found dead in Illinois hopes increasing the reward to $7,000 helps crack the case. The Major Case Squad of Greater S...
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Lawmakers sue to keep IDOT jobs in capital
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Three state legislators and Springfield city officials have filed a lawsuit to keep Gov. Rod Blagojevich from moving 140 state jobs to southern Illinois. ...
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Toddler drowns when grandfather faints aboard boat
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SILVIS -- Authorities say a 2-year-old boy drowned when his grandfather passed out while the two fished on the Rock River east of Moline. Rock Island County Coroner Bria...
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Senate president, Blago ally Jones retiring this fallAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. will announce this afternoon he will retire from the Illinois General Assembly, a move that's likely to touch off ...
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Indiana man admits robbing 2 Ill. banks
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - BENTON -- A 23-year-old Indiana man says he robbed two southern Illinois banks. Jacob Messic of Evansville, Indiana, pleaded guilty in federal court in Benton to two cou...
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State court green lights priest abuse case
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- The Illinois Supreme Court says it won't intervene in a 47-year-old Champaign man's lawsuit against the Diocese of Belleville over sex-abuse allegations de...
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Man dies in S. Illinois tractor accident
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PRAIRIETOWN -- Authorities say a 21-year-old man has died in a tractor accident in unincorporated Madison County. Investigators say Lucas Wiemers was driving the tractor...
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State national guardsmen off to trainingAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the noonday sun beat down upon the football field at East Aurora High School Saturday, Liza Calabrese-Carnagio of Aurora walked toward her seat in the grandstand. She...
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Lake Delton cleanup begins following breach
Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - LAKE DELTON, Wis. _ Cleanup crews have begun extracting debris that filled the Wisconsin River after summer flooding caused Lake Delton to breach. Wisconsin's Departmen...
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Coroner: Tasered man died from cocaine
Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD _ Winnebago County authorities say a 29-year-old man who died in June after being shot with a Taser passed away from the effects of cocaine. Winnebago County Co...