Articles filed under Illinois
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Blue Cross parent company plans 650 job cutsAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Health Care Service Corp, parent of health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield, said Wednesday it plans to cut 650 jobs - including 239 in Illinois - over the next six months...
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High school band director charged with sex assaultAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - ALTON -- The band director at a southwestern Illinois high school is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student. Madison County prosecutors on Thursday charged...
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Cemetery oversight panel holds public meetingAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois Cemetery Oversight Task Force will continue taking testimony from the public about cemetery maintenance, regulation and oversight. A public meeting is set f...
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Quinn names new tollway chairmanAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Once again, an Illinois governor is introducing new leadership at the Illinois Tollway and promising reform. Gov. Pat Quinn Thursday appointed Metropolis 2020 Senior Exe...
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Residents complain of fish reek from lake drainingAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - GRAFTON - Residents near the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge in Calhoun County say their area stinks because the draining of lakes has left millions of dead fish rot...
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State tollway authority chairman resignsAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois Tollway Chairman John Mitola, who headed the agency through one of its most turbulent periods, submitted his resignation to Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday. Quinn is e...
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More Illinois homes in foreclosure during JulyAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - A new law in Illinois that aimed to help give homeowners facing foreclosure more time apparently led to a spike in problems during July, according to data released today...
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Muslim ex-inmate settles prison treatment lawsuitAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A former inmate who accused federal prison workers in Illinois of defiling his Quran and torturing him with a nightstick when he complained has settled...
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U. of Ill. leaders to meet over admissions scandalAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Leaders from the three University of Illinois campuses will meet to end the school's Category I clout list and discuss other recommendations for erasing the in...
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Tabloid book publisher Michael Viner diesAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Michael Viner, who helped popularize audio books and published a line of tabloid tell-all books that included O.J. Simpson trial figure Faye Res...