Illinois
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Girl gets detentions for hugs
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MASCOUTAH, Ill. -- Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter. The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displ...
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Two students charged with cookie assault
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a ...
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Ryan vows to prove innocence as he serves prison term
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan slipped through a back gate at a rural federal prison today, avoiding any fanfare as he began serving a 6 1/2-year corr...
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New warrant executed in search for missing Bolingbrook woman
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Investigators executed a new search warrant Tuesday night at the home of a Bolingbrook police sergeant whose wife has disappeared, authorities said. Will County state's ...
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VA says more Marion surgeons placed on leave; Durbin pledges legislation
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Sen. Dick Durbin pledged Tuesday to push federal legislation to reform hiring practices at Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide after the VA revealed three more doctors...
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Advice to Ryan: You can't change things nowNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - If Ambrosio Medrano has any piece of advice for George Ryan, it's this: Don't "dwell on what's happened. A person can become pretty bitter," said the former Chicago alde...
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George Ryan, convicted of graft, leaves a legacy of distrust
Nov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- George Ryan never was an angel. Illinois voters knew when they elected him governor that he was an old-school politician who rewarded friends and punished...
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Ryan's lawyers make their case for bailNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - The U.S. government made its case Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing in writing that former Gov. George Ryan should go to prison Wednesday as scheduled. Not to be...
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SIUE students accused of kidnapping, battery with freshly baked cookies
Nov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a drug d...
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Illinois briefsNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Paul campaign office open: Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a Texas congressman, will have an open house for his new Illinois campaign office between 7 and 9 ...