Articles filed under Illinois
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Quinn taps new state jails bossMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The assistant director of Ohio's prison system has won the top job at the Illinois Department of Corrections. Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday that he is...
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Illinois to auction $1 billion of notes for deficit financingMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois plans to borrow $1 billion today and an additional $1.25 billion in June to cover a backlog of bills with debt that will be paid off next fiscal year. It is th...
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Still no power for thousands in IllinoisMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- About 25,000 Ameren customers remain without electricity after strong storms raked southern Illinois last week. The utility said Tuesday evening that it ha...
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ADM: Ethanol business remains 'challenging'May 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Archer Daniels Midland Co., the second-largest U.S. ethanol producer, said the ethanol business remains "challenging" and new government biofuels standards may increase ...
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Wet spring slowing farmers, raising corn pricesMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- In an average year, southwestern Illinois farmer Richard Borgsmiller would have his 300-acre corn crop in the ground. This isn't an average year. Like farme...
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Suspected spree killer indicted in jail fightMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - GALESBURG -- A man who allegedly went on a killing spree that left eight people dead in Illinois and Missouri last year has been indicted on charges he attacked correct...
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Area lawmakers try to make it easier to override StrogerMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Two suburban Democratic state lawmakers wants to make it easier for county commissioners to override future vetoes by the county board president. A plan pe...
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Illinois foreclosures slow in April as rates soar nationwideMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The number of home foreclosure filings in Illinois fell in April, but still were significantly higher than a year ago. A report released Wednesday by Irvine, Calif.-base...
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Meteorite that damaged Ill. home to be auctionedMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - PARK FOREST -- A 5-pound meteorite piece that crashed into a suburban Chicago home in 2003 is going up for auction. The so-called "Garza Stone" will be auctioned on May ...
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Ex-SLA fugitive arrives in Illinois for paroleMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army paroled from a California prison on Sunday is in Illinois. Illinois Department of Corrections spokesman De...