Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois State freezes pay for nonunion employeesAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- Illinois State University is freezing pay rates for nonunion faculty and staff for the fall semester, citing budget woes. In a statement on the university's We...
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New law bars sex offenders from ice cream trucksAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Sex offenders are no longer allowed to get behind the wheel of ice cream or snow-cone trucks in Illinois. A new law bars sex offenders from operatin...
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Millions announced in Illinois research funding, including FermiAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Millions of research dollars will go to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. U.S. Sen. Roland Burris on Tuesday announced t...
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U. of I. clout panel to issue report ThursdayAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The commission examining the influence of politics on admissions at the University of Illinois plans to release its report Thursday afternoon. Ted Chung ser...
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Farmers beware: CDC report says cows can be fatalAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Farmers beware: A government report says cattle cause 20 deaths a year on average on U.S. farms. Most involve working with cattle in enclosed areas or moving and herding...
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Prep football players' injuries draw lawsuitAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- The mother of an Illinois high school football player is suing his football coach and the district, claiming her son sustained permanent, stroke-causin...
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Archer Daniels Midland 4Q falls on weak demandAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit tumbled 83 percent as its results were pressured by higher corn costs, lower average ...
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Ex-Cubs Minor League pitcher found guilty of injuring spectatorAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - DAYTON, Ohio -- An Ohio judge has convicted a minor league pitcher of injuring a fan when he threw a baseball that went into the stands during an on-field melee in Dayt...
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Man charged with DUI on lawnmower during beer runAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- With a revoked license because of a previous drunken-driving conviction, Dennis Cretton shouldn't drive. But authorities in southwestern Illinois say that ...
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Storms knock out power across central Ill.Aug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Powerful, fast-moving storms have cut power to more than 29,000 homes and businesses in central Illinois and covered much of the region in dusk-like darknes...