Articles filed under Illinois
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This is one politician who's not afraid to be called a flip-flopperJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Politicians usually take heat for flip-flops, but one suburban lawmaker has developed a local reputation for her flips that annually draw cheers from the c...
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Oswego 5-year-old drowned at suburban gatheringJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Police say a 5-year-old girl apparently drowned while surrounded by relatives at a family gathering in southwest suburban Orland Park. The Cook County medical examiner's...
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Flu cases close Wis. camp; 1 case is swine fluJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - SILVER LAKE, Wis. -- Flu cases have forced the temporary shut down of a summer camp operated by the Salvation Army in southeastern Wisconsin, including one confirmed as...
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Cook Co. GOP co-chair to run for SenateJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Eric Wallace, founder of Freedom's Journal Magazine and a co-chairman of the Cook County Republican Party, announced that he will seek the GOP nomination for the U.S. Se...
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Illinois police promise holiday DUI patrolsJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois State Police say they'll increase drunken driving patrols across the state over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. State police and other law enforcement agenc...
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Report: Illinois nursing home allowed sexual abuseJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- The LaSalle County Nursing Home failed to prevent a male resident from sexually abusing 10 female residents and propositioning others, some who couldn't speak ...
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Car rams crowd at fireworks show, killing 1Jul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - ROANOKE -- A central Illinois man was killed and three people were injured after a car drove into a crowd at a fireworks show. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll say...
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Report: Giannoulias aide helped get teen in to U of IJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- According to a published report, a campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias helped a politically connected applicant get in to the University of ...
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Report: Nursing home allowed sexual abuseJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- A report from the Illinois Department of Public Health has found that a male resident at a LaSalle County-owned nursing home sexually abused 10 female resident...
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Six Illinois banks closed as FDIC proposes new rulesJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Six Illinois banks were shuttered today as government regulators proposed new rules for private equity firms seeking to take over failed banks. The banks ...