Illinois
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Tired of walking, man jumps from bridge to swim home
Jul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Peoria police say a 21-year-old man survived a jump off the Bob Michel Bridge and later told them he had decided to swim home rather than walk. Anthony Beeney ...
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Daley: State needs compromise on capital program
Jul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he hopes the Illinois legislature will stop stalling and compromise on a state capital program. Daley said Saturday at an event in Chica...
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Mental examination in baby starving case
Jul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA, Ill. -- An attorney for a 23-year-old Peoria man accused of allowing his five-month-old son to starve to death earlier this year has obtained court permission to...
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Skeleton of man found in Stickney
Jul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say autopsy results were inconclusive on the skeletal remains of a fully clothed male found near a water processing plant in the western Chicago suburb of St...
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School construction money chopped againJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - For another year, schools will not receive state money pledged for urgent building repairs and new construction. As part of a series of cuts designed to reduce a $2 bill...
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DeKalb County man charged with child pornJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - DEKALB _ A DeKalb County man already accused of luring a 6-year-old girl to his home to photograph her faces 25 additional counts of child pornography. Richard Davis is...
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Child victim sues teacher, school district
Jul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A victim of a former Urbana elementary teacher convicted of sexually abusing children has filed a civil lawsuit. The suit named former teacher Jon White, the U...
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Personal info for 20,000 foundJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - TINLEY PARK _ Officials say a back up computer tape that could contain personal information for more than 20,000 people in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park has been fou...
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Economy, fuel costs blamed for declining flights at O'Hare, MidwayJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Tell us something new was the reaction of aviation insiders to the latest plummeting figures on flights in and out of O'Hare and Midway airports. Rising fuel costs and t...
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Unemployment up in all Illinois citiesJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials say the unemployment rate is up in all the state's 12 metropolitan areas. Rockford has the highest unemployment rate at 8.6 percent. The northern Illinois city...