Illinois
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Cops dismiss trucker's tip in Peterson case
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - A trucker who claimed to have seen Drew Peterson hours after the former police officer's wife disappeared did not actually see the suspect, authorities said Friday. "We ...
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Jackson can donate to wife
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. may give money from his political fund to help his wife's campaign to be a Democratic ward committeeman under an advisory ruling Thursday. T...
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Unsolved missing person cases show disparity in media coverage
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - If not for the media's obsession with a missing white mother, police in Joliet might never have identified the 14-year-old black girl whose burned body was found in a pa...
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Blagojevich: Health care lawsuit 'Scrooge-like'
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich said it is "Scrooge-like" for a wealthy businessman to try to stop the expansion of a government health care program by claiming it is unconstitutio...
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Blagojevich meeting raises questions
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A prominent Democratic fundraiser who pleaded guilty in a state pension scam met with Gov. Rod Blagojevich just weeks before trying to shake down a Virgin...
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19 people injured in Ind. bus crash
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Nineteen people suffered minor injuries when a Greyhound bus from Chicago spun out of control on snowy Interstate 65 near Lafayette early Wednesday, p...
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IHSA countersues over photographsDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - The serve-and-volley legal battle over newspapers' use of photographs taken at high school athletic events continued Wednesday, as the Illinois High School Association c...
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Wind energy push comingDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois is in an advantageous position to become a major producer of wind energy, reaping economic and environmental benefits, experts say. "We think we have the compet...
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Loyola Medical Center develops a worthy sponge tracking system
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood has announced plans to use new technology that will help surgical teams keep track of all sponges used during a procedure. Ab...
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Divers search canal for Stacy Peterson
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Dive teams searched frigid waters at the intersection of two canals Wednesday as part of the investigation into the disappearance of an ex-police officer's 23-year-old w...