Articles filed under Illinois
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Death of Illinois diver ruled accidentalAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. -- Authorities have ruled as accidental the death of an Illinois man who died diving in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan. The Ozaukee County s...
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Quinn expands 'Safe Havens' limit to 30 daysAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A new Illinois law gives parents up to 30 days after their child is born to drop the baby off at a hospital, a fire station or a police department without penalty. Gov. ...
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Tweet this: Rare birds moved from Chicago to Mich.Aug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A trio of rare shore birds has said bye-bye to the Windy City and hello to Michigan. Three piping plover chicks rescued from a nest along a remote northern Illinois shor...
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Cops Ill. bike trick rider hit, killed by carAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - WATERLOO -- A bicyclist was killed when he was hit by a car in front of the Monroe County courthouse, where he had been doing trick riding. Authorities say 27-year-old J...
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Quinn signs 3 public safety lawsAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed three pieces of legislation that he says will improve public safety efforts in Illinois. Quinn signed the bills Wednesday at a news conference ...
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State law seeks to protect college students from credit predatorsAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With college students about to head off to campus, Illinois is enacting a new law intended to crack down on freebies credit card companies use to entice st...
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Company settles race-discrimination suitAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON PARK -- A southwestern Illinois packaging and warehousing company will pay more than $57,000 to settle a federal race-discrimination lawsuit involving a forme...
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Smoking material blamed for fire deathAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - STREATOR -- The careless use of smoking material is considered the cause of a fire that claimed the life of a Streator man over the weekend. Sixty-seven year old Ronald ...
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Ill. crop duster pilot treated after crashAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - PARNELL -- A central Illinois pilot is recovering after his crop duster clipped a tree and crashed. Authorities and a witness say 67-year-old Edwin Niklaus of Farmer Cit...
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Blago top aide's plea again postponedAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's longtime top aide won't be pleading guilty to corruption charges just yet. Alonzo Monk is Blagojevich's former chief of staff, and Monk had...