Illinois
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State budget will be a surpriseFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- As Gov. Rod Blagojevich prepares to unveil his multibillion-dollar state spending plan for the next budget year, he faces dual challenges in a sinking eco...
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Girlfriend says NIU gunman called her to say goodbyeFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The night before he shot five students to death and wounded 16 others, the Northern Illinois University gunman called his girlfriend to tell her not to forget about him....
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What would Lincoln have on his iPod?
Feb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Honestly, there's a new album saluting Abe Lincoln that could become the soundtrack as next year's bicentennial of his birth approaches. Chris Vallil...
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Group will protest at two victims' services todayFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The group that has protested at funerals of military personnel killed in the Iraq War announced Sunday they will picket the services of two victims of the Northern Illin...
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Northern Star staffers walk line between student and journalistFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The shooter sprayed bullets into the crowded lecture hall just after 3 p.m. By 4, the Northern Illinois University student newspaper had posted its first Web update abou...
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Durbin pushes for safer campusesFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin stressed the need for emergency plans on college campuses Sunday during a press conference at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. Legislation...
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Downstate man shot, killed
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Residents will probe Evanston cops
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Suburban churches mourn their ownFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Christ Church of Oak Brook has felt the impact of a national tragedy before. On Sept. 11, 2001, Associate Pastor Jeff Mladenik died when American Airlines Flight 11 stru...
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NIU challenges wireless networksFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Jennifer Jenkins of Crystal Lake watched from her seventh-floor dorm room window as the horrific drama unfolded below with ambulances, police and others crowding the Nor...