Articles filed under Illinois
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Burris decision raises questions of politics and race moving forwardJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With Roland Burris exiting the U.S. Senate picture, the resulting question involves the reality of race and its influence among Chicago's often-crucial bla...
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No drugs found in slain mother, sonsJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - WATERLOO -- Lab tests revealed no drugs or alcohol in the bodies of a mother and her two sons found strangled in their Illinois home, a coroner revealed Friday during an...
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State fire marshal warning on smoke detectorsJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois' fire marshal wants residents to check their smoke detectors. Fire Marshal David Foreman wants people to check to see if they are using a smoke detector that wa...
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Coroner's jury to hear testimony in triple killingJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - WATERLOO -- New details may emerge in the case of a woman found strangled with her two sons in their southwestern Illinois home. A Monroe County coroner's jury is schedu...
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Study: Illiana Expressway cost could top $1 billionJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - LOWELL, Ind. -- A new study says it could cost more than $1 billion to build a highway linking Interstate 65 and Interstate 57 south of Chicago. The consultant firm's re...
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State budget slays suburban sacred cowsJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Back in March, one of the few things suburban lawmakers said deserved some protection in the red ink drenched state budget was funding for social service g...
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ADM wins reduction of antitrust fineJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Archer Daniels Midland Co. succeeded in a final attempt at the European Union's highest court to cut an EU fine levied for fixing prices of a food additive to 29.4 milli...
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Fallen soldier gets posthumous promotionJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - DIXON -- The Illinois Army National Guard says a soldier killed in Afghanistan has been posthumously promoted. The guard says 35-year-old Spc. Chester Hosford of Ottawa ...
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Janzen, Stiles share lead at John Deere ClassicJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SILVIS -- Lee Janzen had trouble believing it, too. He saw shots flying all over, his scores rising like a weekend golfer's, and he wondered: How did this happen? Actual...
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Odor that sickened 3 bank tellers a mysteryJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - ALTON -- Officials still haven't pinpointed the source of an odor that sent three tellers at a bank in the Mississippi River city of Alton to the hospital. The smell at ...