Articles filed under Illinois
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Hispanics leaders: We can work with BurrisMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Hispanic leaders in Chicago have met with Democrat Roland Burris and say they support him despite outstanding questions about his appointment to the U.S. Senate by disgr...
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Ill. Supreme Court removes Vrdolyak from attorneys listMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Supreme Court has removed a former Chicago alderman who pleaded guilty to a felony last year from the list of attorneys licensed to practice ...
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State to get $8.4 million for foster care, adoptionMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois will receive $8.4 million in federal stimulus money for foster care and adoption assistance programs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced...
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State Farm recalls 800,000 promotional teddy bearsMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the biggest property and casualty insurer in the U.S., will recall more than 800,000 toy bears given away by the company's ag...
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Higher taxes, fees in plan to balance Ill. budgetMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Smokers, drivers and many Illinois workers would be asked to pony up more money to balance the state budget under a plan being considered by Gov. Pat Quin...
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Peoria officers arrested after videotaped beatingMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Two Peoria police officers have been arrested in connection with the 2008 beating of a 33-year-old man that was captured on a squad car video. Officers Andrew ...
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1 dead, 1 wounded in SpringfieldMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Springfield police say one man was shot to death during an early morning robbery at his home after two gunmen brought a second victim to the residence at ...
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Quinn promises more openness in state governmentMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - When former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said a day before being arrested that sunshine hung over him, he wasn't talking about releasing public records. The ousted gove...
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Church resumes services week after pastor slainMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - MARYVILLE -- The church whose senior pastor was gunned down during his sermon resumed services Sunday with support from a guest preacher whose church in Texas also was b...
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Man who subdued church gunman out of hospitalMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - MARYVILLE -- The second of two men injured by a knife-wielding man they helped subdue after he allegedly gunned down a pastor in a southwestern Illinois church is out of...