Illinois
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Budget may be costly for outdoorsmen
Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Larry Dale loves deer and turkey hunting, even though it means paying fee after fee. On top of his state taxes, he pays for licenses, permits and the use ...
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ISU campus on alert after threatening graffiti foundFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois State University officials gave students the option of skipping class today, after more threatening graffiti appeared on the Normal campus overnight. An increas...
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Durbin, Bean blast Canadian National freight traffic plan
Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Members of Illinois' congressional delegation are criticizing the Canadian National Railway's plan to divert freight traffic around Chicago's congested rail corridor. Se...
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Recent U of I graduate in critical condition with meningitis
Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A recent graduate of the University of Illinois is in critical condition with meningitis, a week after a student at the school was hospitalized with the dis...
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Taking a political jab with his left hook
Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - SALEM, Ore. -- So a U.S. Senate candidate with a metal hook for a left hand walks into a bar. The candidate, Steve Novick, has bellied up next to a voter and the two tal...
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Lakes report cites gapFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Local governments devote about $15 billion annually on Great Lakes environmental programs and the U.S. and Canadian governments aren't paying their fair share, a new rep...
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From brainwashing to the voter's boothFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - The lack of quotes from Republican leaders in your article about allowing 17 year olds to vote in Illinois proves what we conservatives have known all along. The younge...
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Businessman disappears after boarding flight to Hong Kong
Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A Chicago fan manufacturer's desire to pay its former owner more than $3 million has been stymied because the man has disappeared. Relatives of James Larkin, 62, say he ...
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Lawmakers push for income tax increaseFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Only a week after the governor said taxpayers are overburdened and need a break, his allies in the Illinois Senate responded by pushing higher taxes. An I...
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Probation for baby's deathFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A Cook County Juvenile Court judge has sentenced a 16-year-old Sauk Village girl who suffocated her newborn daughter and placed the baby in the trash to five years of pr...