Illinois
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Reward for Tinley Park murder now $100,000Apr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Police in Tinley Park say the reward for information in a clothing store shooting now stands at $100,000. Five women were killed in February in the robbery attempt at a ...
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Democrats popping up like daffodils in DuPageApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Several fresh faces and a few familiar names are filling some of the holes on the November ballot for DuPage County Democrats. DuPage Democrat Chairman Bob Peickert said...
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NIU student journalists discuss shooting coverageApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Students running out of Cole Hall, huddling in nearby buildings, text-messaging their friends, pulling classmates to safety: These were the images imprinted on the stude...
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Double state taxes for the rich?Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A state lawmaker wants voters to decide if people making more than $250,000 a year should have their Illinois income tax doubled, with the billions of new...
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Illinois 8th graders do well on writing test
Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois eighth-graders are doing well when it comes to scoring on the national writing tests. The average score for Illinois public school students was 160, compared to...
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Obama outraises Clinton 2-to-1
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14-year sentence stands for drunken driverApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A Bloomingdale truck driver who killed a Schaumburg teen eight years ago while drunk and high on marijuana failed Thursday to shorten his prison time. Ri...
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Suspended Chicago cop indictedApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - A Chicago police officer whose beating of a handcuffed man in a wheelchair was captured on videotape has been indicted on a federal charge. Prosecutors announced Thursda...
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Democrats back governor on health careApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate Democrats reaffirmed their political allegiance to Gov. Rod Blagojevich Thursday, approving his multimillion-dollar health care expansion plan. Th...
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Free ride program workingApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The first day of free public transit for seniors produced about 5,000 Pace riders March 17, administrators said Wednesday. That's been the average ever since and there's...