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State police reject bias claimJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Police on Tuesday denied any racial bias in deciding when to ask permission to search cars during traffic stops and defended the searche...
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Indiana approves 10 new specialty license platesJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana motorists will have the opportunity next year to purchase specialty license plates benefiting the charity of NASCAR driver Tony Stewart and soccer...
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Indiana welfare changes headed to old-system areaJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's automation of welfare intake will reach a milestone next week when it expands for the first time into areas still operating only with paper-inte...
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Jury in Blagojevich retrial ends talks for the dayJun 12, 2011 11:00 pm - As they pore over the accusations against impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, jurors at his corruption retrial won't find an actual charge of trying to hock an appo...
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Quinn signs education overhaul legislationJun 12, 2011 11:00 pm - It will be harder for Illinois teachers to strike and easier for districts to fire them under a new education law signed Monday that also clears the way for Chicago to l...
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Renowned Northwestern journalism prof to retireJun 12, 2011 11:00 pm - A renowned Northwestern University journalism professor whose students helped free wrongfully convicted prison inmates but whose methods have been under scrutiny will re...
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Ill. lawmakers may shrink gambling expansionJun 10, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers are looking at ways to shrink a recently approved gambling expansion bill in order to avoid a veto from Gov. Pat Quinn. The measure sent to ...
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More churn on Metra boardJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - Another Metra director has stepped down amid a power struggle over the board’s future. Jim Dodge, an Orland Park trustee and former Republican candidate for state comptr...
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Indicted priest put on leaveJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - WINONA, Minn. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest from the Diocese of Winona, Minn., has been placed on administrative leave after he was indicted in Chicago in a scheme to h...
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Sycamore lawyer faces 3 prostitution chargesJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - A Sycamore attorney who received her law license last year has been charged with three counts of prostitution. The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times say 25-year-old ...