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Quinn OKs new budget with cutsJun 29, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn signed the new Illinois budget into law Thursday, after first trimming money for school buses, eliminating support for regional education of...
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Peoria man survives 150-foot fallJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - PEORIA — Police say an 82-year-old Peoria man survived a fall down a 150-foot ravine. The Journal-Star newspaper in Peoria reports that Willie Venable was in fair condit...
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Suspect in cab driver's death pleads not guiltyJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - MOUNT VERNON — One of four teenagers accused in the shooting death of a Mount Vernon cab driver has pleaded not guilty. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that...
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Champaign man convicted in fatal shootingJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - URBANA — A jury in east-central Illinois has convicted a Champaign man of first-degree murder for his role in the death of a 34-year-old man gunned down while with his w...
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Illinois farmers optimistic about corn, soybeansJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON — Crop experts and farmers think Illinois' corn and soybean crops could turn out just fine this year in spite of a wet and sometimes cool growing season. Uni...
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Police: Volunteer searches for IU student endingJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bloomington police say a search effort that enlisted volunteers to look for signs of a missing Indiana University student is coming to an end. Chief ...
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Wis. man indicted on 8 federal counts of tax fraudJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — A federal grand jury has indicted a Greendale man on eight counts of tax fraud. The indictment handed down Tuesday accuses Arvind Ahuja of filing false tax r...
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Report: Illinois inmates wear dirty, old underwearJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A watchdog group says inmates in at least one of Illinois' prisons are being forced to wear the same underwear for days at a time because of a clothing sho...
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Man admits possessing parts for pipe bombJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - BENTON — A southern Illinois man faces up to 20 years in federal prison now that he's admitted possessing components to make a pipe bomb. Fifty-one-year-old Robert Sloat...
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Nygren challenges decision to leave him off ballotJun 28, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — A Republican state lawmaker filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding that his name be placed on the ballot in an upcoming recall election against a Democratic state...