Articles filed under Illinois
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Is ex-radical Quinn maturing or just compromising?Jun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn sat shoulder-to-shoulder with House Speaker Michael Madigan as the two Democrats pushed a watered-down campaign finance package they said wo...
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Downstate teen gunned down pumping gasJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- Illinois State Police and officers from East St. Louis were jointly investigating the shooting death of a teenager who was gunned down while pumping ga...
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Cheese sold in Ill. recalledJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese LLC, based in Reading, Mich., is recalling various types of its soft Mexican-style cheeses due to potential listeria contamination. A sam...
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Fisherman rescues 5-year-old girl from lakeJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - BRIGHTON -- Police in the southwestern Illinois town of Brighton are hailing 59-year-old Terry Buhs as a hero for his rescue of a 5-year-old girl from a small lake. Buhs...
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Lincoln stamp sold for $431,000Jun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A rare Abraham Lincoln stamp that was stolen from Indiana in 1967 and surfaced 39 years later in Chicago has sold at auction for more than $430,000. The stam...
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Man loses bid to have sentence thrown outJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- A central Illinois man convicted of clubbing a woman to death with a baseball bat in 2002 has lost a bid to have his 40-year sentence thrown out. The Third Dis...
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Blagojevich appointee, once investigated, is firedJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The chief of staff at Illinois' child-welfare agency, personally recommended for her job by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and later investigated for illegal...
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Downstate man killed in motel fire identifiedJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - GALESBURG -- Galesburg Police have identified a man who died in a fatal fire at a local motel. Police reports indicate the body from the fire early Friday morning was th...
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Man rescued from trench collapseJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND -- Rock Island firefighters say their recent training session on trench rescues couldn't have come at a better time. The Rock Island Fire Department trained ...
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Audits slap state agencies for waste, lax oversightJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State auditors released reports Thursday that found several cases of government mismanagement, from lax oversight of a $100,000 education grant to 52 miss...