Illinois
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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...
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ISU investigates graffiti threatening 'next NIU'
Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - NORMAL -- Illinois State University police are investigating graffiti found in a dorm bathroom that references this month's shootings at Northern Illinois University. Po...
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Group home director outFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The director of the Maryville Academy Farm Campus in Durand, a group home for troubled girls, has left his job after a background check uncovered previously undisclosed ...
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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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Gun advocates say NIU is being usedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gun advocates accused lawmakers of trying to politically capitalize on the Northern Illinois University shootings by pressing ahead Wednesday with a series...
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Cole Hall to be demolishedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Less than two weeks after the deadly rampage in Cole Hall, Northern Illinois University officials Wednesday announced plans to demolish the 40-year-old building and repl...
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College system runs utility deficit
Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A state audit has found a $117 million deficit in the University of Illinois' utilities budget. The Illinois auditor general said in a report this week that...
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Governor: Feds' claim in fraud trial 'doesn't describe me'
Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Wednesday he doesn't know why he's mentioned as part of a federal fraud trial against his top fundraiser. A federal judge identified Blagojevic...
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Champion Uno returns home to visit elderly woman
Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- Uno, the first beagle to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club -- the nation's biggest canine competition -- has won over the heart of 91-year-old Ro...