Articles filed under Illinois
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Woman sentenced for threatening jail guardsDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - QUINCY -- Authorities say an Adams County woman was dragged kicking and screaming from a courtroom in Quincy after being sentenced to seven years in prison for threateni...
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Cops: Blago burglary search comes up emptyDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Police say a search of a Chicago home didn't turn up any of the items stolen from former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attorneys. Chicago police said late Saturday tha...
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Judge declares mistrial in blogger's trial on judge threatsDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- There's a hung jury at the trial of a New Jersey blogger charged with making death threats against three Illinois judges. A judge in New York declared a mist...
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2 downstate girls who died in fire rememberedDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - HENRY -- Two central Illinois girls who died in a mobile home fire earlier this year have been remembered with a new piece of playground equipment. A memorial was held F...
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2 accused of taking downstate donation kettleDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Two women are accused of stealing a Salvation Army donation kettle from outside a southern Illinois Walmart. Twenty-five-year-old Onesha Gibson and 21-year...
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Feds: Supreme Court fight won't delay Blago trialDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Prosecutors say an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court battle over the type of charges used in the indictment against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich shouldn't delay his trial's sch...
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Official: I'll sue to protect lakes from carpDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan's attorney general said Sunday he will go to court to try to force the closure of Chicago-area locks and protect the Great Lakes from the inva...
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Ill. raises speed limit for truckersDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Transportation says it will remove 55 mph speed-limit signs aimed at truckers along rural interstates early next year as the sp...
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Wis. man wanted in 4 murders found deadDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. -- Police say a man found dead in a sports utility vehicle Monday morning is a fugitive wanted in two double homicides in the Madison area. Dane County Cor...
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Caterpillar to open parts distribution center in OhioDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of bulldozers and excavators, plans to open a new parts distribution center in Clayton, Ohio, that will employ as many as 600...