Illinois
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With budget ax in hand, governor orders lawmakers back to CapitolJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday ordered lawmakers back to the Capitol next week, demanding they come up with more money so he won't have to cut programs ...
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State misses deadline to close Pontiac prison
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A state senator says the Illinois Department of Corrections has missed a deadline to file paperwork outlining its plan to close the aging Pontiac Correcti...
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Suspect in two-state killing spree transferred
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A man suspected in a killing spree that left eight people dead has been transferred to Knox County, where he's accused of killing a 65-year-old Galesburg man. Knox Count...
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County to breach levee to let out water
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - GLADSTONE -- Officials of Henderson County say they plan to cut holes in a levee near Gulfport to allow the water covering 28,000 acres of farmland to flow back into the...
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Downstate man arrested for caging children
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Police in suburban Chicago say a father has admitted locking his two young children in a cage in his pickup truck. Ricardo Gonzalez of Midlothian was arrested after offi...
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Ex-coach cleared of sexual abuse
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A former Metro East high school football coach found in a car with a female student has been found innocent of sexual abuse. Thomas Pagliaro was tried in...
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Man suspected in 8 slayings captured at downstate bar
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- An ex-convict suspected in a grisly killing spree that left eight people in two states dead within a matter of days was well known to his hometown police...
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State's minimum wage rises to $7.75 per hour
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Minimum-wage workers in Illinois are getting a 25-cent hourly boost in pay, to $7.75 per hour. The raise took effect Tuesday. It is the second in a four-st...
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Five people shot outside Bellwood home
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLWOOD -- Five people were shot as they stood outside a house in the west suburban Bellwood. Bellwood police spokesman Richard Blass said an unknown person from across...
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Court rebuffs ex-Daley aides
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Richard M. Daley's former patronage chief and two other former city officials lost their bid Tuesday for an unusual hearing by all of Chicago's actively sitting fe...