Articles filed under Illinois
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Major accounting errors cited at Illinois TollwaySep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The state's fiscal watchdog reports that the Illinois Tollway understated more than $150 million in revenues, expenses and assets in 2008 because it failed to comply wit...
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Iowa, Illinois announce I-80 bridge repairsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - LE CLAIRE, Iowa -- Transportation officials in Iowa and Illinois have announced a $10 million plan to repair the Interstate 80 bridge over the Mississippi River. Traffic...
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Man charged with plot to bomb federal courthouse in SpringfieldSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - A 29-year-old man who idolized American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh has been arrested after attempting to set off what he thought was a powerful bomb in a van...
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Adlai Stevenson home will hit market in Oct.Sep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- The boyhood home of Adlai Stevenson will go on the market next month for $580,000. The boyhood home of Adlai Stevenson will go on the market next month fo...
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4 accused in Cahokia vote fraud plead not guiltySep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Two trustees of the southwestern village of Cahokia and two other defendants accused of vote fraud say they're innocent. The trustees, 44-year-old Kyle Joh...
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Quinn hopes bid team outfit fitsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn leaves next week for the International Olympic Committee meeting in Copenhagen and what he'll be wearing is on his mind. Quinn said he has been measured f...
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2 accused of vandalizing state parkSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - PINCKNEYVILLE -- Authorities in southern Illinois' Perry County are accusing two men of using stolen semi tractors to knock down cinderblock restroom buildings at a stat...
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Illinois town on edge after 5 family members slainSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - BEASON -- Residents of a tiny central Illinois farming town where three children and their parents were slain in their home anxiously awaited any word to settle their ne...
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University of Illinois president resignsSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois President B. Joseph White has resigned in the wake of news reports politically connected students were given preferential admissions ...
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Lawmakers stake out positions on health careSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Suburban lawmakers on both sides of Capitol Hill generally agree health care reforms should target those without coverage and make sure no one is denied ins...