Articles filed under Illinois
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NAACP to hold 2nd Rockford rallyOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- The NAACP's president is returning to Rockford to call for a credible investigation and grief counseling after police fatally shot an unarmed man inside a ch...
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Man accused in deadly shooting outside strip clubOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - BROOKLYN -- A southwestern Illinois man remains jailed on $1 million bond after being accused of fatally shooting a man outside a strip club. St. Clair County prosecutor...
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Fall colors will be on schedule, officials sayOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois tree experts say the changing of the leaves should be on pace with past years. Jay Hayek, Extension Forester for the Department of Natural Resources and Environ...
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'Continental Congress 2009' to be in St. CharlesOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the leading groups behind the search for definitive proof of President Barack Obama's place of birth arrived in St. Charles Thursday to announce a national gather...
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NIU's Cole Hall to get a $9.5 million renovationOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - A $9.5 million budget has been approved for the renovation of Cole Hall, the site of the deadly campus shootings at Northern Illinois University in February 2008. The co...
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Downstate woman accused of soliciting teenOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - WATERLOO -- A southwestern Illinois woman is accused by federal prosecutors in Missouri of soliciting a 13-year-old boy for sex. Thirty-eight-year-old Christie Bradley o...
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Justice Dept. to monitor Rockford police shooting investigationOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- The U.S. Department of Justice is monitoring the investigation of police-involved shooting in Rockford that left an unarmed 23-year-old man dead inside a chu...
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Report warns swine flu could fill hospital bedsSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A national health advocacy group says more than 60,000 people in Illinois would be hospitalized in a swine flu outbreak if the virus behaves like one that ...
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In 16 states, drug deaths overtake traffic fatalsSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday. Experts said the startling shift reflects two op...
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Lawmakers may again target Cook sales tax hike, Stroger vetoSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban lawmakers say they've gained new support from a key Chicago political leader in their attempt to overturn the much-maligned Cook County sales tax ...