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Bill offers break for properties in flood zoneJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS — Overseers of levees in southwestern Illinois welcomed Wednesday the advance of a federal measure that could give thousands of property owners up to a fi...
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Study: Minorities get more traffic tickets in IllinoisJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A new study shows a driver's race continues to play a role in the outcome of traffic stops in Illinois. Minority drivers are more likely to get tickets aft...
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East St. Louis girl probe girl's shootingJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS — Police in East St. Louis are trying to figure out how a 13-year-old girl apparently shot herself in the side accidentally outside her home. The unidenti...
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Prosecutors face daunting task in 1957 murder caseJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - SYCAMORE -- Over the years, evidence goes missing or passes through so many hands it's rendered useless. Murder weapons disappear, and witnesses' memories dim or are car...
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SPOTLIGHT: Rockford women open home for their momsJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD — Despite an industry of senior living options that run the gamut from assisted-living apartments to nursing homes, Holly Hanson and Ruth Little wanted somethin...
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Fish kill near Ill. lake turns up invasive carpJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - DECATUR — Several thousand fish have died just below the dam between Lake Decatur and the Sangamon River and most appear to be a variety that local officials hope will n...
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Report says climate change harms Great Lakes parksJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Some of the Great Lakes' treasured national parks are showing ill effects of climate change that are likely to worsen in coming decades, from shor...
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Harvard man dies when tractor hit by carJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - HARVARD — Authorities in northern Illinois say a 66-year-old Harvard man was killed when the tractor he was driving was hit by a car trying to pass him. McHenry County s...
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Suburban city of Evanston gets $50,000 NEA grantJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - EVANSTON — The city of Evanston is getting a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts which city officials say they hope to use to develop a plan for creating a pe...
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Alton police probe shooting death of man in carJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - ALTON — Police in the Mississippi River city of Alton are investigating the death of a 22-year-old man who was gunned down as he sat in his rental car. Alton police Capt...