Illinois
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All Illinois students will take same assessmentsJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Despite pleas from about a dozen educators and parents Thursday, state officials confirmed that English learners will take the same standardized tests as their English-p...
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Nearly 600 smoking ban violations reported to Illinois regulators
Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health says it's received nearly 600 reports of people violating the state's new smoking ban. State officials say 578 violations were r...
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Jury awards $22 million to family of woman who died during child birth
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Party tent cost $68,750Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois' big day at the Rose Bowl included a $68,750 bill for a big party in a big tent. A report from the state auditor general indicates the university rented the ten...
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Congressman intercedes in immigration caseJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - A widowed illegal immigrant who was allowed to stay in the U.S. to care for her paralyzed husband for 14 years faces deportation to France unless a congressman's last-di...
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FBI steps up murder probeJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The FBI says it is investigating "an ongoing gang problem" in the West suburban Maywood that is believed to be connected to the 2006 slaying of Thomas Wood, the first of...
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Transit funding support in questionJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Age-old rifts between Chicago and its suburbs, upstate and downstate have re-emerged at the Capitol, fueled by the lingering debate over whether the state...
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Former grade school principal acquitted in sexual assault case
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Lawyer claims Stacy Peterson received racy cell phone message
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Fossett's wife must testifyJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Adventurer Steve Fossett's wife must take the witness stand before the missing millionaire can be legally presumed dead, a Chicago judge said Wednesday. Fossett, 63, ren...