Illinois
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Governor cuts flood control spending, tours floodingAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban lawmakers were stunned Friday to find Gov. Rod Blagojevich touring area flooding and promising to do all he could to help, given that just 24 hour...
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Utah mine, oft-fined state mine have same owner
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - GALATIA, Ill. -- An Illinois mine run by the company that co-owns the Utah coal mine where six workers are trapped had more safety-related fines in the first half of thi...
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New law mandates police train to deal with autismAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Recognizing the signs of autism and knowing how to respond isn't something that only parents and doctors have to worry about. It can also be of paramount importance to e...
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Obama denies wife's remark targeted Hillary Clinton
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Blagojevich approves most of new state budgetAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved most of a new state budget Thursday, 23 days after the old budget expired, but he vetoed $463 million in spending. In a re...
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Severe weather storms through Chicago, suburbs
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Why is Ryan still free?Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - With little left to rule on now that an appellate court has taken over her case, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer was left Wednesday to attend to the menial details...
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Obama is shaping Dems foreign policy debateAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sen. Barack Obama is getting polite applause at best when he tells the delegates at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here this week that in ru...
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Governor signs law banning remote hunting
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ITW to expand stock buybackAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Tool Works, the maker of Duo-Fast nail guns and Wilsonart countertops, approved a new $3 billion share repurchase program. The authorization represents about 55...