Articles filed under Illinois
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Jackson: I'm cooperating with ethics inquiryApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is the subject of a preliminary inquiry from a congressional ethics board looking into his attempts to be appointed to the Senate se...
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Authorities: Man flees nursing home, diesApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - GLEN CARBON -- Madison County authorities are investigating the death of an 81-year-old man who apparently managed to escape a nursing home hours before being found dead...
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Report: 3.5M in Illinois spent time uninsuredApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A national advocacy group says more than 30 percent of Illinois residents under age 65 were uninsured at some point during 2007 and 2008. The report releas...
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SIU student from Hoffman hospitalized in Carbondale crashApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - A 26-year-old Hoffman Estates man enrolled at Southern Illinois University suffered serious injuries over the weekend in an alcohol-related rollover crash in Carbondale,...
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Quinn nixes executive order on campaign contributionsApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has canceled his predecessor's sweeping ban on campaign contributions from companies doing business with the state. The executive order Quinn signed keep...
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Burris won't say if he'll seek full termApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - MASCOUTAH -- U.S. Senator Roland Burris isn't saying whether he'll seek election to a full term, but indicated that he won't be pressed into making that call. Burris wav...
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Illinois schools get windfall from feds, but it's just a drop in the bucketApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- With the federal government handing Illinois public schools more than $1 billion extra this year, you might think it's a good year for schools. But you'd ...
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Quigley taking no chances in 5th District raceApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley isn't taking anything for granted even though he's the favorite in a heavily Democratic district to replace Rahm Emanuel, President...
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Memorial for former Harvey mayor relies on laughsApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds have paid tribute to former Harvey Mayor Nickolas Graves at a public memorial service where participants relied on comedy relief. Graves' childhood friend, come...
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State can't force 'morning-after' pillApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A judge has ruled state officials can't force pharmacists to dispense the so-called "morning-after" pill. Two Illinois pharmacists won the temporary restr...