Articles filed under Illinois
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So who's the next Lt. Gov.? Answer may surprise youJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Now that Pat Quinn has become governor, who becomes the lieutenant governor? Answer: no one. According to the Illinois Constitution, when the office of lie...
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Man gets 13 years for teen's sex assaultJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Madison County man has been ordered to spend eight years in prison in the 2005 sexual attack of a 13-year-old girl. Thirty-nine-year-old Anson Carr dec...
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New laws cited for drop in teen driving deathsJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Secretary of State Jesse White is crediting Illinois' tougher teen driving laws for a drop in the number of teens who died in car wrecks. According to Whi...
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Murder charges dropped in 1993 ISU killingJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Rockford man whose murder conviction was overturned in the 1993 death of an Illinois State University stude...
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Only 7 governors successfully impeached in U.S. historyJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Only seven U.S. governors have been impeached and removed from office: WILLIAM W. HOLDEN of North Carolina, 1871. Holden was removed after he sent a militia to quell vio...
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2 escapees from downstate boot camp foundJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - DIXON SPRINGS -- Two inmates who escaped earlier this week from a southern Illinois boot camp are back in custody. The Illinois Department of Corrections says 30-year-ol...
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IEPA to clean up illegal downstate dump siteJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- An illegal dump site in southwestern Illinois' Madison County is about to be cleaned up, courtesy of the state. The Illinois Environmental Protection Age...
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Downstate man admits to ice pick murderJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A man who stabbed his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor to death with an ice pick a year ago has admitted to the Madison County killing and now faces up to 45...
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Blagojevich has no golden parachute if impeached.Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - When it comes to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's personal finances, the man who once wanted campaign money so badly he allegedly shook down a children's hospital fo...
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Media, officials dance around governor's colorful languageJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - What a bleeping nightmare. Gov. Rod Blagojevich's potty mouth, immortalized forever on FBI tapes of the governor dropping f-bombs left and right during phone calls with ...