Illinois
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Blagojevich renews efforts to keep F-16s in Springfield
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Governor Rod Blagojevich is again asking the U.S. Air Force to keep 15 F-16 fighter planes at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport. In a letter this week,...
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Ryan files appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Gov. George H. Ryan asked the nation's highest court Wednesday to reverse the racketeering and fraud conviction that sent him to federal prison and made his legac...
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Election judges needed -- voter turnout likely to be bigJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - If Kane County election officials could, they'd put up "Help Wanted" signs from one border to the next. In the next two months, they will need more than 1,000 people to ...
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Bill addresses school sports coverageJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers have joined the fray over whether the Illinois High School Association can bar newspaper photographers from state championship games. Chic...
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Bill Clinton: Race, gender to decide
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - DILLON, S.C. -- Bill Clinton said Wednesday he expects blacks to vote for Barack Obama and women to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the dynamic may cause his wife t...
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Apply for state jobs onlineJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - People seeking state jobs now can apply for posts online. State officials announced Wednesday that candidates can log on to www.work.Illinois.gov to search and apply for...
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Banks waive transfer feesJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Several banks have agreed to waive international transfer fees on reparation payments to Holocaust survivors, according to Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. Giannoul...
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City-bound train derailsJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - A freight train bound for Chicago derailed in central New York early Wednesday, dumping about a dozen cars from the tracks, authorities said. The CSX train derailed in t...
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Northwestern subpoenaedJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - A spokesman said Northwestern University received a subpoena last week from New York investigators asking for information about contracts Northwestern has with outside, ...
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Radio station pulls plug on win a date with Drew Peterson contest
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - A former police officer whose wife disappeared last year was ready to take part in a radio competition in which women would vie to date him before station officials cann...