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Rockford man pleads guilty to Alton woman's murderJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - ALTON — A 21-year-old northern Illinois man has pleaded guilty in the death of an Alton woman stabbed 20 times before her body was found in her burning mobile home earli...
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Treasurer: Illinois investment funds remain safeJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford says rising interest rates are helping the state earn more than expected in investments. Rutherford said Monday the...
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Benld's Coliseum Ballroom destroyed in fireJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - BENLD — A decades-old theater in the small central Illinois town of Benld that once hosted musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington has burned down. The Telegra...
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Worker dies after accident at Keystone SteelJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - PEORIA — A 51-year-old man is dead after an accident at the Keystone Steel & Wire Co. plant in central Illinois. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll says maintenance ...
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DeKalb shelter provides wild animal rehabJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - DEKALB — Christy Gerbitz remembers in detail her favorite animal rescue story. A young boy brought in a turtle with a fishhook stuck in its mouth and eye to Wild TAILS W...
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Quinn adviser fined for activityJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A senior adviser to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has been fined $500 for sending a political email from a state telephone. The Executive Ethics Commission relea...
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Shelter provides animal rehabilitationJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - DEKALB — Christy Gerbitz remembers in detail her favorite animal rescue story. A young boy brought in a turtle with a fishhook stuck in its mouth and eye to Wild TAILS W...
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Asset sales raise $7 million for fraud victimsJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - DECATUR — Sales of homes, jewelry and other assets that once belonged to a former Decatur resident convicted of investment fraud have raised more than $7 million. But th...
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Traveling Smithsonian exhibit coming to SIUJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE, Ill. — A traveling Smithsonian exhibit is coming to Southern Illinois University and will include some local history. The Southern Illinoisan reports that th...
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ICE arrests 30 men in MilwaukeeJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Federal officials have arrested 30 men in Milwaukee as part of an anti-gang operation. According to a news release by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforc...