Articles filed under Illinois
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Aid restored to low-income college studentsOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation to restore college financial aid to nearly 140,000 low-income students. Lawmakers drastically cut funding for the state's Monetary ...
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Wife who killed husband out of prisonOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A woman convicted in her husband's killing three decades ago but cleared with help from famed attorney F. Lee Bailey in the slayings of her husband's par...
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When will U.S. factories show signs of life?Oct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- There are signs the nation's factories are stirring from one of the worst recessions in decades. Investors this week will find out how awake they really ar...
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Hynes, Quinn gloss over tax facts in campaign adsOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn and Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes are heating up the Democratic primary race for governor with an argument over who is more committed to protecting poor ...
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Downstate soldier dies in AfghanistanOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department says a central Illinois native has died while serving in the military in Afghanistan. Army Sgt. Christopher Rudzinski of Rantoul, di...
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State to improve snowmobile trailsOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State officials have awarded about $200,000 in grants for snowmobile trails statewide. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has given the grants t...
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Cullerton will not call 'fumigation' billOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Legislation that would have held the Illinois governor to his promise to "fumigate" state government is dead. Senate President John Cullerton said Friday ...
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Police searching for woman who hit volunteerOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - MAZON -- Authorities in the Grundy County town of Mazon are going to the public in their quest to find a young woman who marred the town's Halloween Dungeon of Terror wi...
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Police officer charged again as he leaves courtOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- A part-time central Illinois police officer who was leaving court after posting bail on predatory assault charges was immediately arrested again on a charge o...
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Research under way at historic Freeport cemeteryOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - FREEPORT -- Organizers say an ongoing research project to determine exactly how many people are buried at the Poor Farm Cemetery outside Freeport will provide officials ...