Articles filed under Illinois
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Prosecutor seeking FBI tapes of BurrisMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A county prosecutor exploring the possibility of perjury charges against U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has asked federal officials in Chicago for FBI tapes of phone conversati...
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Campaign funding limits has limitsMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - In the wake of years of escalating political corruption scandals, the governor's reform commission delved into campaign funding laws Thursday against seemingly long odds...
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The one spot where Roland Burris can truly be at peaceMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The controversy, anger, racial debate and general mess swirling around embattled Junior Sen. Roland Burris might follow him until the day he dies. But when Burris finall...
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Man accused of damaging construction vehiclesMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Granite City man is jailed on $100,000 bond on charges that accuse him of damaging four heavy construction vehicles in Edwardsville last summer. Madiso...
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IDOT says no stimulus deadlines missedMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois transportation officials say they haven't missed any federal deadlines for stimulus funds. And an Illinois Department of Transportation spokeswoman, Marisa Koll...
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State expands holdings around Volo BogMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois officials have purchased 32 acres in northwest Lake County that they say contain one the state's natural wonders: a bog. The Illinois Department ...
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Details revealed about mother's bathroom birthsMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A southern Illinois woman accused of trying to drown her baby in a toilet last year also gave birth in a bathroom in 2007 to a baby whose decomposed remain...
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Naperville dad's testimony rejected along with school discipline proposalMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Despite graphic, shocking testimony from the father of an alleged 11-year-old sexual assault victim, an Illinois House committee rejected Wednesday efforts...
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Want a tollway sign?Mar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - What does it take to get an informational sign posted on the Illinois tollway? The agency listed guidelines on its Web site Wednesday that define criteria for communitie...
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Jury awards $2.6 million in asbestos caseMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A McLean County jury has awarded $2.6 million to relatives of a woman who died as a result of an asbestos-related ailment. Jean Holmes died in April 2006 ...