Illinois
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Lawmakers kill pay raisesAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A nearly 12 percent pay raise for lawmakers and other leading state officials was rejected Tuesday. The Illinois Senate voted 47-0 to decline the raises, w...
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Downstate PE teacher charged in child porn case
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- A central Illinois physical education teacher is facing child pornography charges for allegedly possessing computer video files that include images of underag...
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Marine from N. Illinois killed in Iraq
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Evanston latest suburb to repeal gun ban
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Doctor group apologizes for snub of black physician
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Tollway director extols 50 years of smooth drivingAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois drivers were shocked 50 years ago by the new phenomenon of having to pay tolls, but such user-funded roadways are proving an efficient and effective transportat...
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Your $129 could buy state pols a lot of corn dogsAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - In ordering state lawmakers back to the Capitol this week, Gov. Rod Blagojevich did them a favor. Many were already planning to be in Springfield for the I...
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440 years for former cop convicted of 4 rapes
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Bigger payday delayed? Lawmakers salary bump might not happen ... yetAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - As lawmakers ponder giving themselves pay raises, the state official who writes the checks said he won't increase them unless legislators also come up with...
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Democratic unity efforts put to the test as convention approachesAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Eighteen million strong, Hillary Clinton backers have a choice to make as the Democratic convention nears in late August. Switch allegiance to Barack Obama -- as some ha...