Articles filed under Illinois
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Should Catholics kneel during Eucharistic Prayer?Dec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A controversy about whether to stand or kneel during the high point of the Roman Catholic Mass has spread from one church in the Belleville Diocese to seve...
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Feds heard Blago brother's phone talks with wifeDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - An attorney told the judge in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case Tuesday that FBI agents improperly recorded 208 phone conversations between the form...
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Reindeer poop is big business: Zoo earns $20,000Dec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Necklaces and Christmas ornaments made from dime-sized pieces of reindeer droppings have earned the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington $20,884 this holiday se...
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Hundreds gather for hearing on detainee prisonDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - STERLING -- More than 300 people are attending a hearing on a plan to move alleged terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to a nearly empty prison in western Illin...
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GOP gov. candidates say they can work with Dems they criticizeDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Not even the Republicans running for governor think their party is likely to win back the House and Senate in next year's elections, creating the scenario...
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Governor names 3 to state school boardDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has made three appointments to the Illinois State Board of Education. Those named to the board Monday were James Baumann of Lake Bluff, Steven Gilford of ...
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Man sentenced to 70 years in boy's beating deathDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A southwestern Illinois man who beat his ex-girlfriend's 5-year-old son to death is headed to prison for 70 years. A Madison County judge sentenced 36-ye...
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Agreement reached on college fund lossesDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois' attorney general and state treasurer say they've reached an agreement with OppenheimerFunds Inc. to reimburse losses to about 65,000 college savings program ac...
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Gov skips Gitmo panel to honor firefighters, vetsDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says he decided to spend his day remembering fallen Chicago firefighters and honoring veterans rather than listen to public testimony about a plan to brin...
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Caterpillar ships new fuel-saving diesel-electric bulldozerDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of construction equipment, began shipping a diesel-electric bulldozer today that it says can push more dirt using less fuel. ...