Illinois
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Briefs: Field offsets footprintsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Field Museum in Chicago is offering a way visitors can purchase credits to offset the carbon emissions generated by traveling to the building. Starting Tuesday, visi...
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State leaders talking, but no progress seenSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The politicians who run Illinois are talking to each other again but still agreeing on little when it comes to new roads, more casinos, broader health care coverage and ...
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Briefs: Security upgrade for citySep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago and IBM today will announce the initial phase of what officials say could be the most advanced video security network in any U.S. city. In other word...
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Senate deal may make winner out of WatsonSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Earlier this month, Gov. Rod Blagojevich boarded a state plane bound for the most unlikely of places, tiny Greenville Municipal Airport downstate, for a m...
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Field wrong about women and warSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - At the 2007 Emmy awards, Sally Field, the former "Flying Nun," became Hollywood's latest "screaming Mimi." During her bloviating, she blurted out that if mothers ran the...
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Pilot loved flying for charity groupSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Relatives of a Wauconda business owner and pilot who died in a plane crash Wednesday are remembering him as a soft-hearted man who loved flying. Paul Harris, 57, was hea...
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Governor has new reasons for casinosSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- When Gov. Rod Blagojevich backed a casinos-for-construction deal last week, it marked the second time in recent months he'd reneged on a campaign promise ...
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Teenager cleared in Pontiac school gun case
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - PONTIAC -- A judge has cleared a teenager in a gun incident that led authorities to lock down a central Illinois high school last month. Associate Judge Robert Travers o...
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State leaders talk a lot, accomplish little in meetingSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - The politicians who run Illinois are talking to each other again, but still agreeing on little when it comes to new roads, more casinos, broader health care coverage and...
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Briefs: Hastert won't quit soonSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Congressman Dennis Hastert said Tuesday he still hasn't decided whether he'll vacate his seat before his term ends in January 2009, but scoffed at speculation he might q...