Articles filed under Illinois
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No charges on allegation of prostitute bribe for pipelineOct 27, 2015 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa prosecutor has decided not to file charges over allegations that a land agent offered to hire a prostitute for a landowner if he would al...
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Police: Shooting suspect in Iowa was in domestic disputeOct 27, 2015 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a man who killed himself after firing shots at two locations in eastern Iowa was involved in a domestic dispute with his estranged...
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St. Louis police ID pedestrian killed on I-70Oct 27, 2015 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Authorities say a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run crash last weekend on Interstate 70 in St. Louis was a 23-year-old Illinois man. Police say Dillion...
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Man seeks to have his conviction in 1957 killing reversedOct 27, 2015 7:00 am - SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - A man convicted in 2012 of killing a northern Illinois girl in 1957 plans to try again to get a judge to reverse his conviction. Seventy-five-year-...
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Police: NIU student's deadly fall from window was accidentalOct 27, 2015 7:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois University police say their investigation has concluded that a student's death after a fall from a residence hall window was an acc...
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Old post office in riverfront city of Alton finds buyerOct 27, 2015 7:00 am - ALTON, Ill. (AP) - An old post office in the Mississippi River community of Alton has a new owner, but it's not clear what's ahead for the building. The (Alton) Telegrap...
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Hastert expected to plead guilty in hush-money caseOct 27, 2015 1:00 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to enter a guilty plea Wednesday in a federal hush-money case. Hastert, who federal prosecutors say violated federa...
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Q&A: Mautino set to become third Illinois auditor generalOct 26, 2015 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Frank Mautino knows a thing or two about audits. The state representative from Spring Valley, chosen last week to become the third auditor gener...
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Records: Lobbyist spending at $1.2M in Illinois this yearOct 26, 2015 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State records show that lobbyists have spent more than $1.2 million so far this year in Illinois. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register repor...
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More than 100 firefighters battle Farmington blazeOct 26, 2015 7:00 am - FARMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A fire destroyed several businesses in the central Illinois city of Farmington, drawing more than 100 firefighters to the scene. Demolition of th...