Articles filed under Illinois
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Study: Urban streams contaminated by road saltSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Many urban streams have become salty enough to harm aquatic life, largely because of salt used for deicing roads in the winter, according to a new govern...
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Palatine's Murphy may step back from bid for governorSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Palatine Republican Matt Murphy is abandoning his bid for governor, planning to instead seek the party nomination for lieutenant governor next year. The mo...
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Cost of health insurance rising faster than pay in IllinoisSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A national advocacy group says health insurance premiums rose five times faster than earnings in Illinois from 2000 to 2009. The report released Thursday s...
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Quinn wants Congress to extend benefitsSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn wants Congress to help people who have been unemployed a long time. The Chicago Democrat is calling on lawmakers in Washington to extend unemployment for ...
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Durbin, Burris oppose cutting ACORN offSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Illinois' Democratic senators defended their votes trying to stop legislation that would bar the group ACORN from getting federal funding. "I believe it wou...
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Police arrest man who jumped off bridge to escapeSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - BETTENDORF, Iowa -- Authorities say police in Bettendorf arrested a Moline man after he jumped off the I-74 bridge into the Mississippi River. Bettendorf Police Lt. War...
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Police confirm Blagojevich aide committed suicideSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Police in south suburban Country Club Hills say a former fundraiser for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich committed suicide. Police Chief Regina Evans says 51-year-ol...
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Peoria man was set on fire after deathSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Police in Peoria are investigating that city's 10th homicide of the year; the death of a 23-year-old man whose burning body was found in vacant lot. Police say...
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Police link deceased killer to more deathsSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- Decatur police say a now-deceased man who killed two young girls on Halloween night in 1984 also killed two other people in the city during the 1980s. Now, po...
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Funeral held for former Blagojevich fundraiser Christopher KellySep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The funeral for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief fundraiser has ended in southwest suburban Western Springs. Blagojevich, his wife and their two daughters attended th...