Articles filed under Illinois
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Video gaming will add jobs, revenueJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - For the first time in a quarter century, Illinois' unemployment rate has climbed above the 10 percent. Few viable solutions have been presented that will guarantee job c...
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Dozens of dead birds found at Ottawa hotelJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- Police and LaSalle County Animal Control are investigating the deaths of about six dozen birds outside an Ottawa hotel. Authorities say there's no sign of any ...
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Video gambling machines good to go, but regulation another storyJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - A law is now on the books authorizing video gambling machines at bars, truck stops and liquor-serving restaurants across Illinois. But Gov. Pat Quinn and lawmakers have ...
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Energy consumers benefit from choicesJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - As we use our air conditioners more and more in the upcoming dog days of summer while fearing the subsequent electric bills, a little perspective might be in order. Bit ...
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Chrysler's Belvidere plant reopens after 2 monthsJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - BELVIDERE -- Belvidere's 3.7 million-square-foot Chrysler auto assembly plant has resumed production after a nearly two-month break. The Boone County economy is expected...
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Critics urge mayors to just say 'No' to video gamblingJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - As state regulators start the long process of setting up video gambling in bars and restaurants, organizations opposed to gambling expansion are urging local mayors to b...
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Global warming affects IllinoisJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - This week the chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change criticized G8 participants for ignoring the IPCC's scientific findings and for not doing what scienc...
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Suit accuses 2nd suburban cemetery of body-stacking schemeJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - GLENWOOD -- A family has filed a lawsuit alleging that a second suburban Chicago cemetery stacked bodies and resold plots in a moneymaking scheme. The family has three g...
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Cook County sheriffs investigate 2nd cemeteryJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - GLENWOOD, Ill. -- Cook County sheriff's police have launched an investigation into a second suburban Chicago cemetery where a human bone was found lying on the ground. S...
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No-nonsense Blagojevich judge is actor, novelistJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Judge James B. Zagel has meted out justice on the silver screen and masterminded a bank robbery in the pages of a novel. But the veteran federal court judge who will pre...