Illinois
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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
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Supreme Court declared Thursday that a state law banning secret compartments in cars is unconstitutional. A unanimous court said the 1999 law...
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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
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5.2 earthquake rocks Illinois; felt 450 miles awayApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Residents across the Midwest were awakened today by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop and homes in Cincinnati but appeared to cause n...
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Country Club Hills' mayor defends trainingApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Country Club Hills' mayor is defending his decision to have city firefighters raze his pool house during a training activity this week. Dwight Welch says he wasn't tryin...
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Bill aims to close loopholeApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois House has passed legislation that will repair a glitch in a state law intended to keep child sex offenders at least 500 feet from in-home day care centers. ...
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State Senate looking to guard young healthApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers cracked down on alcoholic energy drink labeling Thursday, while also advancing a ban on flavored cigarettes and prohibiting trans fat i...