Illinois
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Death row inmate found dead in cell
Jun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - PONTIAC -- A death row inmate known as the "Bully of Toulon" has died in his cell at the Pontiac Correctional Center. Officials say Curt Thompson was found dead Friday n...
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Guilty plea in cut-from-womb case
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Church gets new $1.1 million organ
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Community spoke; district listenedJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Community spoke; district listened The Glen Ellyn Park District Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday to NOT put soccer fields at Ackerman Woods. The vote was 4-1 wit...
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State fair ticket office now open
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Critics can't match priest's good deedsJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The avalanche of hate, disparagement and vilification aimed at Father Michael Pfleger for his May 25 over-the-top sarcasm directed at Hillary Clinton is puzzling. Usual...
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Putting Clinton on his ticket would be a bad move by ObamaJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - An axiom. When voters watch a presumptive presidential nominee considering this or that running mate, they think: What if the president dies? When the presumptive nomine...
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Illinois holds its own in pork
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GOP looks for 'political mileage' with RezkoJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - These are wilderness-wandering days for Illinois Republicans. Minority status in both legislative chambers. Locked out of the governor's mansion and all other statewide ...
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Judge takes police to taskJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge is threatening the Illinois State Police with criminal contempt of court for routinely disobeying his orders to expunge criminal records. Judge Ronal...