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Lack of water blamed in Milwaukee runner collapsesJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Sweltering heat and a shortage of water marred the Milwaukee Summerfest's inaugural Rock 'n Sole run on Sunday, when several runners collapsed and were taken...
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Stricker wins Deere Classic for 3rd straight yearJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - SILVIS, Ill. — Steve Stricker holed a 25-foot putt from off the 18th green to win the John Deere Classic for the third straight year. The shot that set it up was one to ...
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Unions: Workers relieved by construction rulingJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Union officials say Illinois workers should welcome a court ruling that upholds a massive statewide construction program. AFL-CIO President Michael Carriga...
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SPOTLIGHT: Illinois wineries more than just wineJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — In the garden of an old house where insurance once was sold are dozens of people enjoying the pairing of bocce ball and wine in what's now part of the Waln...
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State ends Catholic Charities adoption contractsJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Illinois officials say they won't renew foster care and adoption contracts with Catholic Charities. The move follows legal battles over the state's new civil u...
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Young boy jailed in central Illinois woman's deathJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - CHANDLERVILLE — Authorities in central Illinois have arrested a young boy in the weekend shooting death of a 39-year-old woman. The Mason County sheriff's office told Th...
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Coroner: Heat blamed in southwestern Ill. deathJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - GRANITE CITY — The sweltering summer temperatures that have gripped the Midwest were blamed Monday in the suspected heat-stroke death of a 51-year-old man in southwester...
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Woman admits plot to steal customers' ID infoJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS — A worker at a dental business faces up to a year in federal prison after she admitted giving customers' personal information to a relative who used it t...
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Ill. union to picket over Quinn canceling raisesJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — State workers plan to picket at government buildings across Illinois to protest Gov. Pat Quinn's attempt to cancel their raises. The American Federation of...
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Mo. man drowns in southern Ill.'s Rend LakeJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - INA, Ill. — Authorities in southern Illinois say a 62-year-old man was the second person in 10 days to drown in Rend Lake's Sandusky Beach area. Franklin County Coroner ...