Articles filed under Illinois
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Ill. State Fair admission hikedAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The fair must go on, even with the economy struggling and the state budget slashed. The Illinois State Fair opens Friday with higher prices, cheaper enter...
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NIU: No evidence Blago tampered with admissionsAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois University says it hasn't found any evidence that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his allies tried to influence the school's admissions process. Univers...
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Man dies after falling ill at LollapaloozaAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - A 39-year-old man has died after falling ill at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Kevin MacGregor says the man was in cardiac...
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Quinn: U. of l. trustees should resignAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Gov. Pat Quinn says he'd like a new University of Illinois board of trustees to perform "a complete, immediate, through review" of school administrators. Qu...
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Downstate child found dead in carAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Authorities say a 1-year-old Collinsville girl who was found unresponsive in a vehicle in unincorporated Belleville had been left in the car by a family me...
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Illinois launches construction zone Web siteAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois has a new Web site to update motorists on statewide road construction sites. Illinois Department of Transportation Sec. Gary Hannig announced the...
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Arrests made in death of Rockford babyAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - MERRIAM, Kan. -- An Illinois woman accused of leaving her newborn baby to die in freezing weather in 2004 has been arrested in Kansas. Kansas City's FBI fugitive task fo...
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Birkett says he can't beat Madigan, bows out of attorney general raceAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett dropped out of his second bid for Illinois Attorney General Thursday, citing an "unwinnable" race against incumbent Lisa Madig...
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Feds to probe leak at Exxon's refineryAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal agency will investigate at Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Joliet refinery in Illinois after two workers were hospitalized and an alkylation unit was shut due to a leak. "...
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Investigative date set for tollwayAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - State lawmakers have set a date to start publicly vetting recent tollway scandals, including the financial collapse of oases and allegations tied to the indictment of Go...