Articles filed under Illinois
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Deere recalls Iowa workers for 2010 model productionOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. said Wednesday it will recall most of the workers it laid off from an Iowa plant earlier this year to start production of the company's ...
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Illinois insurers agree to cover swine flu vaccineOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Insurance says the state's largest private health insurers and HMOs have agreed to cover administration costs associated with the swine flu va...
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State crime rate continues two-decade declineOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Crime in Illinois continued a steady two-decade decline last year, reported the Illinois State Police in its annual crime-rate index released today. While the crime rate...
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Convicted Ill. serial killer linked to Wis. deathOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- A convicted serial killer in Illinois has been charged in the 1989 beating death of a 32-year-old woman in Milwaukee. Lorenzo Fayne is charged with first-de...
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Giannoulias says tax cuts would aid economyOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias is proposing tax cuts and credits that he says would help the economy. He wants to pay for it by increasing taxes on s...
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Official kickoff of 2010 campaigns brings flocks of candidatesOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - In the early morning darkness, the line outside the state's election office stretched down and around the block, filled with candidates - known and unknown...
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Slaying suspect arrested at homeless shelterOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - HILLSDALE, Mich. -- A Michigan man sought in the shooting death of his 71-year-old housemate has been arrested at a homeless shelter about 50 miles west of Chicago. The...
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Woman pleads guilty in torture slayingOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- A woman pleaded guilty Monday to the Illinois torture killing of a pregnant, developmentally impaired mother who police say was beaten with a plunger handl...
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Ex-attorney general Ryan in governor's raceOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan is set to officially enter the race for governor. Campaign spokesman Dan Curry says Ryan will file petitions on Nov. 2 to get ...
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Former GOP chairman joins governor's raceOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Republican Andy McKenna has jumped into the race for governor with a promise to clean up Illinois. McKenna called himself "the quiet cure" for government ...