Articles filed under Illinois
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Draft nursing home report expected in JanuaryDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - A task force examining the safety of Illinois nursing homes plans to seek public comment on draft recommendations in January, before submitting them to Gov. Pat Quinn. T...
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State Farm drops plans to withdraw from FloridaDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - TALLAHASSE, Fla. -- State Farm Florida dropped its plan to withdraw from the property insurance market in hurricane-prone Florida on Wednesday as part of a settlement wi...
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Illinois can benefit from Thomson dealDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - There are really two questions at issue in the matter of moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to tiny Thomson, Ill. The first - should prisoners be removed from G...
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Clown and Santa sentenced for child pornDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A federal judge has sentenced a 50-year-old Springfield man who worked part-time as a clown and as Santa Claus to eight years and four months in federal p...
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Fumes sicken more than 20 workers at Quincy plantDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - QUINCY -- Officials say roughly two dozen people were sickened by fumes from hydrochloric acid at a plant in the Mississippi River city of Quincy. All the workers affect...
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East Peoria police shoot man armed with swordDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - EAST PEORIA -- Police in East Peoria say they shot a man armed with a sword and knife after he reportedly ignored demands to drop the weapons and kept coming at the offi...
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Pros and cons of having Gitmo prisoners in ThomsonDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - As the Obama administration moves ahead with plans to potentially purchase a little-used new state prison in northwestern Illinois to house terrorist detai...
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Lt. gov candidate claims party conspiracy against QuinnDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor claims party powers are out to get Gov. Pat Quinn's campaign, an allegation that one official's spokesman ca...
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New chief of staff tapped at troubled Ill. VA hospitalDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - MARION -- A Veterans Affairs hospital in southern Illinois where major surgeries have been suspended for more than two years after a spike in patient deaths has a new ad...
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Blago attorney: Obama as a witness would be 'awesome'Dec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - One of Rod Blagojevich's attorneys said Wednesday it was possible the defense could call President Obama to take the witness stand if the corruption charges against the ...