Illinois
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Authorities drop charges against mom who left daughter alone in car
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Charges were dropped Thursday against a suburban Chicago woman who briefly left her 2-year-old daughter alone in the car to take her two older daughters to pour coins in...
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Rezko was named to board in 1998
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Antoin "Tony" Rezko, accused of trying to manipulate the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board for a $1 million bribe, was appointed to the board in 1...
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Police release photos of SUV parked near store at time of shootings
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Tinley Park police have released a series of photos they hope will help lead them to a gunman who killed five women at a Lane Bryant clothing store. The grainy, black-an...
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Cook County commissioner's son sentenced in DUI
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge has sentenced Marko Peraica, the 27-year-old son of Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica, to 30 days in jail for a drunken driving conviction stemmi...
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Illinois House members clash on tax hikeMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- What seemed to be an argument suited for the Cook County Board found itself in the Illinois House Thursday. Republican lawmakers railed against the 1 per...
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Factory workers fall ill at Unilever plant in Franklin ParkMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Several people were taken to area hospitals after complaining of feeling sick while working at a Franklin Park factory Thursday night. While it is still unclear what c...
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Trooper indicted in freeway wreck that killed 2 sisters
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE _ An Illinois State Police trooper was indicted on reckless homicide charges Friday after grand jurors found his freeway speeds said to top 120 mph were exces...
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Tollway reform measures gain initial supportMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Commuters would be notified once they've accumulated three toll violations under legislation approved Wednesday by an Illinois House committee. The propo...
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Illinois House members side with newspapers in photo battleMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Newspapers would be free to take and sell as many pictures as they want of high school athletes at state championships under a proposed law an Illinois Hou...
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Rezko roundupMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A regular look at sidelights from the Antoin Rezko trial by Daily Herald Staff Writer Rob Olmstead. Cook County Connections Tony Rezko has long enjoyed a cozy relationsh...