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Nun from suburbs pleads no contest to sexually abusing schoolboys in '60s

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - A 79-year-old Roman Catholic nun from the South suburbs pleaded no contest Monday to two counts of indecent behavior with a child for asexual encounters with two male st...
Blagojevich's health-care expansion getting hard look

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Nov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A panel of lawmakers today could decide the fate of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's unilateral attempt to expand health care to thousands of additional families, a...
Cardinal George set to lead U.S. bishops

Associated Press
Nov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The nation's Roman Catholic bishops are expected to elect Chicago's archbishop to lead the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the once powerful body that's bidding to ...
Illinois has most vanity plates

Associated Press
Nov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- URSOVAIN, Virginia. You too, New Hampshire, Illinois, Nevada and Montana. For the first time, a national group has surveyed states to determine which ha...
Lt. Gov. calls for probe into vet firing

Associated Press
Nov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn says he wants Governor Rod Blagojevich to investigate the firing of 20 people -- including 17 veterans --- from security jobs at...
A knack for finding artifacts

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - BUZZVILLE -- At first glance, the reddish object along the Illinois River shoreline appeared to be nothing more than a rock. Not to Carol Waymire. Twenty years of wander...
State investigating all-time lows in high school test scores

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Education officials plan to hire an independent auditor to look into why Illinois high school students posted all-time low scores on an achievement exam. ...
Episcopal Diocese chooses moderate bishop

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - WHEELING, Ill. -- A moderate church leader, the Rev. Jeffrey Lee, was elected the 12th Bishop of Chicago at the diocese convention Saturday, defeating seven other candid...
Downstate banker with 'Robin Hood' complex sentenced to federal prison

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- A former bank executive who reportedly had a "Robin Hood" complex has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for improperly taking money from some accou...
Allegations resurface over Blagojevich donations

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Published reports say the Illinois State Police have reopened an investigation into whether a fundraiser illegally pressured a pharmacy owner to donate $25,000 to the ca...

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