Articles filed under Illinois
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After Cook Co. sheriff's suit, Craigslist to pull 'erotic services' adsMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Following bad publicity from an allegedly related Boston murder and a lawsuit from Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, Craigslist shut down its 'erotic services' Web pages Wed...
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Quinn firm on proposed income tax increaseMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Despite pressure to compromise, Gov. Pat Quinn is standing firm behind his proposal to raise Illinois income taxes. Quinn said Thursday he still wants to ...
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Downstate vet charged with disabilities fraudMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A 44-year-old eastern Illinois man has been indicted on charges that he defrauded the federal government out of $280,000 by claiming he suffered disabilities w...
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Sheriff: Father killed young sonsMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Two central Illinois brothers found dead in rural Putnam County in March were killed by their father, but it is impossible to say exactly when the boys di...
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Lawmakers' pension perk scrapped; now they're like other state workersMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers voted Wednesday to wipe away a lucrative pension perk and instead have themselves treated like any other state employee. "The members of th...
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Hearing postponed on mistaken school grantMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - A hearing is set for next week to decide if a Chicago private school must repay a $1 million grant it got from the state that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administratio...
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Police: 1 person responsible for Columbia murdersMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - CHESTER -- Police on Wednesday presented evidence to a prosecutor in the murders of a southwestern Illinois woman and her two children, but the state's attorney did not ...
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Southern Ill. outages continue shrinkingMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- The number of southern Illinois homes and businesses without electricity since last week's deadly storms continues to shrink. But more bad weather is expe...
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You, too, can have volumized hair like BlagoMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Just when we thought we'd heard "bleep'n" everything. An Elk Grove Village company is marketing hair products inspired by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. "Blago It's Bleep'...
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Suburban officials trek to Springfield to protest CN blockagesMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban officials and residents came to the Capitol Wednesday to protest Canadian National Railway running trains on EJ&E tracks throughout the suburbs fo...