Illinois
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Do-over primary in Florida unlikely
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats on Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the deleg...
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Illinois snags computing research center
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A new partnership between two massive computer companies and the University of Illinois will help consumer products use the same technology that drives high-sp...
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Logical choice for Clinton or Obama to pick as running mateMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Were it not for the 12th Amendment, ratified on June 15, 1804, presidential nominees could, and probably would prefer to, run alone without being saddled with pesky vice...
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Security upgrade planned for rest stops
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois Department of Transportation officials say the state will spent $1.2 million to update and repair security systems at interstate rest stops. The systems have n...
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Pharmacists want 'morning-after' pill rule overturned
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A group of pharmacists asked the Illinois Supreme Court to throw out a rule that forces them to dispense emergency contraception despite moral objections,...
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Rezko witness ties Blagojevich's father-in-law to kickback planMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Political insiders in the Blagojevich administration at one point prepared a sham consulting agreement to divert $125,000 to Chicago Alderman Dick Mell after he "was ups...
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Lawmakers look to pull plug on robo calls?Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Faced with a bevy of complaints from angry suburban residents, area lawmakers will propose restricting so-called "robo calls" that have become a hated camp...
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Woman found tangled in shower curtain died of pneumonia
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - An autopsy has determined that a Country Club Hills woman found dead in her bathroom died of pneumonia. Fifty-one-year-old Deborah Maldonado was found dead early Sunday ...
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SIU-Carbondale's chancellor put on leave
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University's president says he's placed the chancellor at SIU's flagship campus in Carbondale on administrative leave. SIU President Glen...
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Bloomington cops injured in brawl at Elks Lodge
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Bloomington police say two officers were injured when they encountered a brawl after being called on a complaint to an Elks lodge. Several arrests were ma...