Illinois
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Lawmakers not warm to state buying Wrigley FieldDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Leading state lawmakers were stunned to hear the state might be considering buying Wrigley Field to possibly ease the pending sale of the Chicago Cubs. Bo...
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Illinois Department of Agriculture seizes $6 million worth of grain
Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - CANTON -- The state has seized about $6 million worth of grain held in bins in central Illinois. Illinois Department of Agriculture spokesman Jeff Squibb says it's suspe...
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Peterson lawyer: Authorities should return items seized in probe
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Guns, two vehicles and other items seized from Drew Peterson's Bolingbrook home after his wife disappeared should be returned, an attorney for the former police officer ...
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Countrywide under Illinois probe, NY Times saysDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The home loan unit of Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, is under investigation by Illinois' attorney general over dubious lending...
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Patterson's co-defendant has conviction erased
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - A federal appeals court overturned an alleged drug dealer's conviction Wednesday, saying he could not get a fair trial because of shouting, swearing and other courtroom ...
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State worker put on leave during locker investigation
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - An Illinois Secretary of State employee is on unpaid leave while investigators unravel why uncashed checks, car titles and other documents were found in her former stora...
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President pardons New Athens man convicted in 1959
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW ATHENS -- A little over two years ago, James Albert Bodendieck Sr. learned that to renew his gun holder's license he would need a presidential pardon for his convict...
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Officials: State worker linked to car titles on unpaid leave
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An Illinois Secretary of State employee is on unpaid leave while investigators unravel why uncashed checks, car titles and other documents were found in h...
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Drew Peterson asks public to help with his legal defenseDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Drew Peterson is asking the public for financial help with his legal defense. The former Bolingbrook police sergeant suspected in his wife's disappearance has set up a W...
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Obama, Winfrey hear cheers that symbolize a magnificent changeDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It is 1,134 miles and 53 years since Jerome Schlicter, a teacher, walked into my eighth-grade classroom and held up The New York Times. The headline ...