Articles filed under Illinois
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State senator robbed in bake shopNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- State Sen. Dave Koehler was attacked by a gunman who wanted more than cash from the Peoria Democrat. Koehler was painting late Thursday in an artisan bakery lo...
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New law nets more federal moneyNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - A new law will help the state get more federal money to pay hospitals that care for the poor. The state is expecting to get more than $1.1 billion from Washington becaus...
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Champaign man sentenced to 85 years in prisonNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - URBANA -- A Champaign County judge has sentenced 29-year-old Granville Johnson to a total of 85 years in prison for the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Gregory Moore and t...
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Ethics committee: No punishment for BurrisNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate ethics committee admonished a U.S. senator on Friday for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surr...
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Former prep analyst indicted in bank robberiesNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- A federal grand jury in Peoria has once again indicted a former prep basketball talent analyst on bank robbery charges. Former Springfield resident Stephen Wac...
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Holiday decorator escapes chargesNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - HERSCHER -- The home-invading Christmas elf has been identified, and it turns out to be a teenage prankster. Police in the Kankakee County town of Herscher had been puzz...
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State GOP tones down heat on GitmoNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois' Republican congressional delegation attempted to tone down their rhetoric Thursday over housing detainees from Guantanamo Bay at a state prison by issuing a se...
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Quinn: Burris admonishment 'speaks for itself'Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says the public admonishment of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris by the Senate Ethics Committee "speaks for itself." Quinn on Friday said he had nothing to add to ...
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Asian carp may have breached electronic barrierNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and je...
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Who entered home and decorated for Christmas?Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - HERSCHER -- Police in the Kankakee County town of Herscher say they are looking for someone who might be described as a home-invading Christmas elf. Herscher Police Chie...