Illinois
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Scientists say Midwest quakes poorly understood
Apr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Scientists say they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that rumbled to life under southern Illinois Friday morning, but much of what they do...
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'All clear' after NIU bomb threatApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois University's Health Services building was evacuated Thursday after a bomb threat, which prompted officials to activate the emergency alert system on th...
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Methodists to talk with CaterpillarApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Caterpillar executives have agreed to meet with United Methodist Church leaders over their objections to the company's heavy equipment sales to Israel. Leaders...
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In response to death, state house backs monitoringApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- People who violate orders of protection could be tracked with electronic ankle bracelets under a proposed state law the Illinois House endorsed Thursday. ...
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Asian longhorned beetle has been eradicated from IllinoisApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials say the Asian longhorned beetle has been eradicated from Illinois, nearly a decade after it first arrived in the state. An event celebrating the end of the shi...
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Witness says he was offered a finder's feeApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - An associate of Antoin "Tony" Rezko was offered an $80,000 finder's fee at a time Rezko owed the man's wife several million dollars, according to testimony Thursday in R...
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Law banning secret compartments in cars thrown out
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Not guilty plea in WGN anchor's deathApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A Wisconsin judge has entered a not guilty plea for the driver of a snowmobile that crashed into a tree and killed a Chicago television journalist who was a passenger. V...
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Ex-Daley aide ready for prisonApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - An attorney for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's former patronage chief says his client is ready to go to prison. Thomas Durkin says Robert Sorich still will appeal his ...
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No bidders for stack of cars