Illinois
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Rock Island man gets 40 years for stabbing death
Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND _ A Rock Island man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the stabbing death of his girlfriend, whose body was found on New Year's Day 2007. Forty-fo...
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Freshmen aps up sharply at Illinois State
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- Applications for a place in this fall's freshmen class at Illinois State University are up to about 14,000, 11 percent over last year. Part of the reason may n...
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State to commemorate Lincoln-Douglas debates
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - FREEPORT -- This is the "Pretzel City," thanks to German bakers who settled here in the 1850s. It's appropriate, given the way a lightweight named Abraham Lincoln twiste...
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Downstate cops catch Colo. jail escapee
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Police in eastern Illinois say they've captured a man wanted since his escape from a Colorado prison in 1997. Champaign police say they arrested Aaron Smith...
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Illinois boy trapped alone on runaway boat
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. _ Parents from northeast Illinois said Thursday they watched helplessly as their 4-year-old son was trapped alone on a runaway boat on Lake Michigan f...
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Invasive snail found in Lake Michigan causing worries
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem. The New Zealand mud snail ...
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State Republicans' dream agenda: fight tax increases, look for tax breaksAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - If Republicans ran state government, they say they'd make it harder to raise taxes, fast track property tax relief and make it easier to kick unpopular pol...
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State budget cuts mean layoffs
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has laid off six employees and will require others to take time off without pay to deal with budget cuts, officials said...
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Illinois unemployment highest in 15 years
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' unemployment rate has increased to its highest level since September 1993. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says July's rate of 7....
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Democratic infighting continues at state fairAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Not even a former United Nations ambassador could quell feuding among Illinois Democrats Wednesday. With former diplomat and current New Mexico governor Bi...