Articles filed under Illinois
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4 preliminary tornadoes reported in S. IllinoisJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Powerful thunderstorms spawned four reports of tornadoes touching down in southern Illinois on Monday, uprooting trees, downing power lines and damaging ou...
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Farmers are behind planting soybeansJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- After struggling to get the corn crop planted, central Illinois farmers continue to battle wet conditions to get soybeans in the ground. Dunlap farmer Ross Pau...
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Colorful wood ducks making a comeback in IllinoisJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- They look as if a wood carver with an unexpired creative license created them in a fit of imagination. The male's green crest sweeps back over its head li...
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2 more teens charged in videotaped beatingJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A judge has confined to their homes two teenage girls who allegedly participated in a videotaped attack on another teenager. Officials say a 15-year-old from Crete and a...
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Schakowsky to run again for House, not SenateJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky backed off her potential run for U.S. Senate Monday, saying she would have to spend too much time raising money to make a serious bid. The Evan...
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Gov. Quinn chips away at clemency backlogJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Gordon "Randy" Steidl left Danville Correctional Center in 2004 after spending more than 17 years in prison, including 12 on death row, for a double murder he didn't com...
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State rep says he wants resignations at U of IJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The chairman of the Illinois House's Higher Education Committee says he wants the president of the University of Illinois system and some trustees to resign. Democratic ...
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Exelon says no harm in latest tritium leak at Morris nuke plantJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - MORRIS -- Exelon Corp. says routine monitoring has revealed a leak of water contaminated with radioactive tritium gas at a nuclear power plant. Officials at the utility ...
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Wind-power company plans to expand downstate wind farmJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A Texas company wants to more than double the size of a central Illinois wind farm and hopes to start work on the project next year. Horizon Wind Energy a...
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$10 million in stolen artifacts being sent back to ItalyJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The FBI says millions of dollars worth of stolen manuscripts and other antiquities found in the home of a suburban collectibles dealer are being sent back to Italy. At a...