Articles filed under Illinois
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U of I, grad instructors agree on contractNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - URBANA -- The University of Illinois and its graduate instructors have reached a tentative agreement that may end a day-old strike at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The un...
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Feds find 'rampant' assaults at Ill. institutionNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - A federal investigation has found violations of the rights of residents of a Chicago-area institution for people with developmental disabilities. Investigators found "ra...
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Illinois House GOP boss to fight 'Illinois Gitmo'Nov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Republicans launched an effort Monday to derail a plan to bring suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to a western Illinois prison, potentially one of the cornerstone...
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Sorting out the Guantanamo prisoner transfer planNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - With President Barack Obama looking at a plan to move suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to a near-vacant western Illinois prison, the political rhetoric has grown...
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Poshard taps new SIU-Carbondale chancellorNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- The president of Southern Illinois University says he's made up his mind about who should be the next chancellor of the system's flagship Carbondale campus...
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Poison to be used in fight against Asian carpNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Thousands of fish may die when poison is dumped into a canal near Lake Michigan, but it's necessary to prevent an onslaught of Asian carp that c...
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Trial delayed for suspect in family's deathsNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - LINCOLN -- The trial for one of two brothers accused of killing a family of five in central Illinois won't start this year after all. A judge has granted a defense reque...
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Officials to inspect Ill. jail today for Gitmo inmatesNov 15, 2009 10:00 pm - THOMSON -- Federal officials are at a prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. An Obama administration official says...
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U of I graduate instructors go on strikeNov 15, 2009 10:00 pm - URBANA -- University of Illinois graduate instructors have gone on strike. The strike began at 8 a.m. Monday after the union says weekend contract negotiations broke dow...
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Man ordered imprisoned for shooting wife, officerNov 15, 2009 10:00 pm - MARION -- A judge who sentenced a Marion man to a half century in prison for shooting his wife and a police officer says it's a miracle no one was killed in the gunfire....