Articles filed under Illinois
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Aventine reports $1.5 mil Sept. incomeOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. generated a $1.5 million operating profit in September on $37.8 million in total sales. After the benefit of a $...
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U.S. diocese pays $1.2M in abuse caseOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A Roman Catholic diocese in Illinois has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a 6-year-old lawsuit by a former altar boy who claimed he was molested by his...
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Durbin vows to pursue DREAM ActOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says his push for the failed DREAM Act will continue as long as he "draws breath." The Democrat from Illinois has sponsored the legislation since 2...
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Senate votes for citizenship to PulaskiOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - A little more than 230 years after his death, Casimir Pulaski is just a signature away from being a citizen of the nation for which he gave his life. The U....
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Ill. school closes over flu absencesOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WATSEKA -- An eastern Illinois high school is closed after 112 of its 330 students called in sick with flu symptoms. Steve Bianchetta is superintendent of the Unit Nine ...
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Final Burr Oak defendant is released on bondOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The final defendant accused of digging up remains and stacking bodies in a moneymaking scheme at a historic black Chicago-area cemetery has been released from jail. Cook...
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Topinka to run for state comptrollerOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka will hold a press conference Sunday to officially announce her bid to become the state comptroller. The news release sent out...
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State continues processing MAP grantsOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is gearing up to continue Monetary Award Program grants to college students now that funding has been restored ...
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Teen accused in downstate motel killingOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- An East St. Louis teenager is accused of killing a Missouri man found dead last weekend in a motel room in southwestern Illinois. St. Clair County prosecut...
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Ill. man admits sexually assaulting foster childrenOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - MARION -- A former southern Illinois foster parent has been sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting in court that he had inappropriate sexual relations with t...