Articles filed under Illinois
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Blue Island SEAL accused in abuse arraigned, vows to defend chargesDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- Two Navy SEALs accused in the mistreatment of an Iraqi suspect in the 2004 slayings of four U.S. contractors were arraigned in military court Monday, an...
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Use these tools to keep leaders in checkDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois residents have more tools than ever to keep watch over state government. The latest is Illinois Policy Institute's Illinoisopengov.org, a searchable database th...
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Former Daley appointee now on tollway boardDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A former top Chicago official has landed a seat on the board overseeing the suburban tollway system. Gov. Pat Quinn appointed Maria Saldana to a seat on the board Saturd...
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Blago lawyer: Cops have search warrant in theftDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A member of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (blah-GOY'-uh-vich) legal team says he has been informed Chicago police have a search warrant and are looking for eigh...
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Trial delayed for accused Illinois spree killerDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - GALESBURG -- A Knox County judge has granted a 60-day delay in the start of a trial for an Illinois man accused of killing eight people during a two-state rampage. Judge...
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Death penalty announced in Illinois deathsDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - BENTON -- Franklin County state's attorney Tom Dinn says he plans to seek the death penalty against one of two suspects in a double killing in the southern Illinois city...
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November was state's 7th warmestDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - New data show that this year Illinois had its seventh warmest November on record since 1895. State climatologist Jim Angel of the Illinois State Water Survey says the st...
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Racial disparities seen in Ill. swine flu deathsDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Swine flu death rates for blacks and Hispanics in Illinois are double the rate for whites, state health officials said Friday. It's unclear why. More chronic health prob...
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Lawyer: Blago will testify at his own trialDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich will take the stand at his fraud trial but claim his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination if called to testify in a $90 million c...
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Cops probe burglary in Blago's attorneys' officeDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Burglars broke into the offices occupied by two members of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal defense team overnight and stole eight computers and a safe, police said F...