Articles filed under Illinois
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Amendment aims to protect funding for flu-closed school districtsMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Schools wouldn't lose state funding if they close their doors because of swine flu scares under legislation being considered at the Capitol. State Sen. Dea...
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Drew Peterson's mouth could compound his troublesMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Drew Peterson may not take the stand if he goes to trial for killing his third wife, but his words could still play a big role as prosecutors try to put him away. The fo...
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Woman's body found in MarkhamMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - MARKHAM -- Police in the southern Chicago suburb of Markham are trying to identify the body of a partially clothed woman in what may be that community's first homicide o...
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Long-delayed shelter for homeless vets set to openMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A long-delayed, $2 million shelter for homeless veterans in southwestern Illinois is nearing completion. A ribbon-cutting ceremony has been set for Jun...
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Woman's body pulled from Spoon RiverMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON MILLS -- Authorities say they recovered the body of a Peoria County woman from the Spoon River a day after witnesses saw flood waters wash away her car as she tri...
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Ayers, Wright talk Mideast peace at suburban churchMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Two men who created waves for President Barack Obama on the campaign trail have appeared together at a suburban church to promote Mideast peace. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright...
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Emanuel, Blago traded calls on school grantMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Rahm Emanuel wanted answers. Funds from a $2 million state grant to a school in his congressional district had not arrived, so he went straight to the man in charge: Gov...
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Atty: Blago's wife mulling reality TV spotMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - An attorney says ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife is considering being on reality TV after her indicted husband was barred from traveling to Costa Rica to be ...
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40 years later, arrest made in gas station slayingMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - BLUE MOUND -- More than 40 years after gas station attendant Bruce Wayne Clark was shot to death in the central Illinois village of Blue Mound, a 64-year-old Jeiseyville...
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Ethics commission member expresses some reservationsMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - If the sweeping ethics reform proposals put forth by a governor's commission had been dropped on Duane Noland's state Senate desk, he says he couldn't supp...