Illinois
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Cost of lawmakers staying in Springfield: $808,000 and we're countingAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - $808,000 and we're counting This is the estimated cost of keeping lawmakers in Springfield so far. Gov. Rod Blagojevich has ordered them to stay in overtime until they c...
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Illinois DigestAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NIU tracking pest: Farmers concerned about pests invading their corn crop have a new way to find out if bugs are headed their way. Northern Illinois University has launc...
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Stop alcohol ads aimed at minorsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich will soon have an opportunity to further combat underage drinking when the General Assembly sends him unanimously approved legislation that would cr...
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Consistency lifts Score over WMVPAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - With WMVP 1000-AM still trying to break in a new local morning-midday show, and about to be forced to change hosts in midday afternoons with the departure of Dan Patrick...
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Illinois' goals for grad rates not adequate
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Illinois and many other states aren't setting high enough goals for high school graduation rates, according to a new report. The Education Trust, a Washington...
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How Blagojevich ended up on a political desert island
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Mastodon 411Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - • They're distantly related to modern elephants. • Likely traveled in family herds, led by the females. •Habitats were forests and woodlands in North America. •T...
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Spanning the suburbsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - According to a Federal Highway Authority database, updated in February, there are 29,903 bridges in Illinois. Cook and the collar counties are home to 4,692 bridges. In ...
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Illinois congressman is a model of civility in serving the publicAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - LaHood is a throwback to an earlier, less strident kind of Republicanism. It is rare that a retirement announcement by a single back-bench member of the minority party i...
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Springfield lawmakers looking into confiscating licensesAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Key state lawmakers say they'll look into whether it's time for Illinois to change the decades-old practice of police confiscating driver's licenses when t...