Illinois
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Rail improvements OK'd
Mar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a plan to spend more than $139 million to improve highway rail crossings. The ICC says the plan will affect more than 3,800...
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NIU will probe shooting responseMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - As campuses across the state bolster emergency-response systems, Northern Illinois University officials launched a review Thursday into their handling of mental-health i...
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ICC approves 5-year, $139 million plan to improve safety at rail crossings
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Durbin to update progress at Marion's scrutinized VA hospitalMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - MARION, Ill. -- U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is in Marion, assessing the amount of progress made at the Veterans Affairs hospital there since it suspended inpatient surgerie...
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WIU tries to get back to normal
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What to look for next in unpredictable Clinton-Obama raceMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Paul Green is director, Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg The ongoing contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination fi...
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Politics from the pulpitMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama and his church are back in the news. The United Church of Christ had until Thursday to answer Internal Revenue Service questions posed in February about Oba...
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IHSA gets clean bill of financial healthMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- There are no problems with the Illinois High School Association's finances, according to a state audit released Thursday. The audit revealed that the IHS...
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Give Obama credit for church loyaltyMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I am a ELCA Lutheran pastor and must take issue with Hillary Clinton's recent comment that we can "choose our pastor." In the ELCA, it is the congregation who chooses t...
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Classes resume at WIU a day after shooting threatMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Western Illinois University resumed its regular schedule this morning, a day after a handwritten note threatening a shooting prompted officials to lock down residence ha...