Articles filed under Illinois
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Griffin, charities aid Chicago Olympics as donors face slumpFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago is asking charitable foundations and wealthy individuals such as hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin to support its 2016 Olympic bid as the recession erodes the ...
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New Ill. Senate president talks of raising gasoline taxFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate President John Cullerton says the state needs a major capital program too badly to depend on hopes of a major gambling expansion. In an interview w...
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Ill. reform commission urges open governmentFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Patrick Quinn's reform commission has urged him to take immediate action to make Illinois government more open and transparent. "Transparency in government is funda...
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Governor gets more time to come up with budget fixFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn will have an extra month to come up with a plan to solve Illinois' budget woes. The state Senate on Wednesday approved delaying the governor...
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Obama honors Lincoln's vision of a unionFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Summoning the pride of a nation, President Barack Obama paid fond tribute Thursday to Abraham Lincoln by challenging people to embrace his vision of a col...
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DNA links dead man to 1984 Decatur killingsFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - DECATUR -- DNA testing has determined that a man who died more than five years ago killed and sexually assaulted two young Decatur girls on Halloween night in 1984, poli...
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Obama plans to pitch stimulus at E. Peoria Caterillar plantFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - EAST PEORIA -- President Barack Obama plans to push his plan for a sweeping economic stimulus bill during a stop at Caterpillar Inc. factory in his home state. Obama is ...
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State soldier killed in Afghanistan misidentifiedFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Military officials say a central Illinois soldier killed this week in Afghanistan had married and moved to a new town during a leave before his deployment, causing them ...
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Fox's Sean Hannity says media 'too easy' on BlagojevichFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Fox News' conservative talk show host Sean Hannity says interviewers have been "too easy" on ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich. In an interview that aired Wednesday night, Han...
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Autopsy shows Danville teens drowned in pondFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - DANVILLE -- Autopsies show that two eastern Illinois boys whose bodies were found in a frozen retention pond drowned. Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson says no inju...