Illinois
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State lawmakers due back at work at Capitol
Jul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD-- Lawmakers in the Illinois House are headed back to work. They're expected to reconvene Tuesday in Springfield where they will have the chance to reverse so...
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Search is on -- again -- for adventurer Steve Fossett
Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - BRIDGEPORT, Calif. -- A 10-member team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers hopes to do what search planes and satellite imagery couldn't -- find Steve Fossett's bo...
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Search continues for missing Chicago Hts. teen
Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - BEVERLY SHORES, Ind. -- Crews have expanded the search for a 14-year-old Illinois boy who vanished while swimming with friends at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. D...
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Macdonald was one of few women in state legislatureJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Virginia Macdonald's children knew her as the woman who cooked meals from scratch and helped her daughter shop for a prom dress. Her constituents knew the Arlington Heig...
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Blagojevich rewrites bill for autism coverage
Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is rewriting a House bill so autism treatments are covered by insurance. Blagojevich and other proponents wants insurance companies to be required t...
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McCain delegate snubs Republican congressmanJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - John Borling would seem the perfect Republican. The retired Air Force major general is a national convention delegate for John McCain. A member of the Republican nominee...
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State police enforcing Scott's law
Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois drivers need to be careful around emergency vehicles or risk a ticket from authorities who have stepped up enforcement of a 2002 law. More than 1,770 tickets ha...
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Man to be jailed for choking soccer ref
Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A man from Morris has admitted trying to choke a soccer referee at a game last September involving 6- and 7-year-olds. William Favretto pleaded guilty to battery last we...
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Man jailed for leaving gun unsecured
Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A federal judge says a Metro East man must spend 10 years in prison for being a felon who had a handgun that ultimately was used in a child's death. Tw...
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Suburban lawmakers say lame-duck tax talk all wetJul 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich might believe there's a conspiracy brewing among lawmakers to raise taxes after the elections, but many suburban members say they'd ha...