Articles filed under Illinois
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Judge: Hiding boy at grandma's is neglectDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - BENTON -- A southern Illinois judge says the hiding of a boy for nearly two years in his grandmother's home during a custody dispute amounts to neglect. Franklin County ...
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Is state's minimum wage too high? Yes, some Republicans sayDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Cutting Illinois' minimum wage is increasingly becoming a key proposal by Republican candidates for governor as they push ideas to help the state's economy. Voters are n...
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Deere CEO Allen gets $4.28 mil in 2009 compensationDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Heavy equipment maker Deere & Co.'s president and chief executive Samuel R. Allen, who held those offices only the last two months of the company's fiscal 20...
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Ill. soldier killed in AfghanistanDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Military officials say a Fort Carson soldier has been killed in Afghanistan's Kunar province. The Department of Defense said 28-year-old Sgt. Kenne...
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2 arrested in Halloween party shooting deathsDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Rockford police say they have arrested two people in the shooting deaths of two men outside a Halloween party. Deputy Rockford Police Chief Greg Lindmark sai...
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Illinois prepares $5.27 billion in pension and school borrowingDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois, which has the fifth-highest tax-supported debt among U.S. states, is preparing to sell about $5.27 billion of bonds to fund pension payments, school construct...
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No other Asian Carp bodies found in fish-killDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - LOCKPORT -- The tally's still one dead Asian carp. Environmental officials say they haven't spotted any additional bodies of the invasive species as a fish-kill operatio...
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State uses eBay to sell items left in safe deposit boxesDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Every year, banks turn over dozens of unclaimed safe deposit boxes to the Illinois State Treasurer's Office. Some contain junk, but others hold valuable coins, comic boo...
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Sanctions sought for lawyer in student threat caseDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Madison County prosecutors want a judge to sanction the Chicago lawyer who represents a former Southern Illinois University student accused of threatenin...
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Evidence in family slayings turned over to defenseDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - LINCOLN -- Logan County prosecutors have turned over more than 1,400 pages of documents to defense lawyers for two brothers accused of killing five members of a family f...