Articles filed under Illinois
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U. of I. grad student teachers may strikeNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Graduate students who teach and research assistants at the University of Illinois have authorized a strike over a wage dispute. The Graduate Employees' Orga...
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Durbin: 'Dramatic change' needed at VA hospitalNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Congress may have to step in if "dramatic change" isn't forthcoming at a southern Illinois Veteran's Affairs hospital where major surgeries have been suspen...
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Suicide prompts new beds at St. Charles youth prisonNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state is spending more than $71,000 to replace bunk beds at the St. Charles youth prison in hopes of preventing another suicide like the one that clai...
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Quinn calls early prisoner release necessaryNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says inmates being released early to help the state deal with its budget problems will be monitored electronically so authorities can supervise them. The ...
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Couple ordered tried in boy's drug deathNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - ALBION -- A southern Illinois couple have been ordered to stand trial in the death of a 5-year-old boy last spring. Edwards County Circuit Judge David Frankland held 25-...
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Prosecutors claim journalism students paid off a witnessNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Prosecutors in Chicago are claiming that Northwestern University journalism students paid two witnesses in an effort to prove a man was wrongly convicted. The allegation...
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Man convicted in foiled wallet snatchingNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- Sentencing will be next month for a southwestern Illinois man convicted of a burglary foiled by a man who wants to be the region's top federal prosecut...
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Military loan program expanding in IllinoisNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - A state-run loan program is expanding to help Illinois service members when their deployments end. State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias announced Monday that Illinois Natio...
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Ind. city cracking down on car stereosNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - ELKHART, Ind. -- Drivers in the northern Indiana city of Elkhart may want to think twice about pumping up the volume on their car stereos. The city is aggressively enfor...
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Microsoft to buy assets of SourceGearNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Microsoft Corp. said it will buy assets of SourceGear LLC, an Champaign-based maker of programming tools for software development, to add functions to its Visual Studio ...