Articles filed under Illinois
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Downstate man rescued from grain binJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - CHATHAM -- A 60-year-old man is in serious but stable condition after spending four hours buried to his chin in a central Illinois grain bin filled with soybeans. Spring...
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Governor's historic impeachment trial beginsJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The first impeachment of a governor in the history of Illinois began at high noon today with the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court taking contro...
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Canadian supplier drops drug-import planJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Canadian supplier of low-cost drugs to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's much-hyped but illegal drug-import program has dropped out, bemoaning the state...
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Blago says 'the fix is in,' as he makes the talk-show roundsJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Twice confronted with his own damning words allegedly caught on federal wiretaps, Gov. Rod Blagojevich refused to explain on national TV Monday morning why he called a U...
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Blago likens himself to King, GandhiJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - On the eve of his appearance on three national TV shows, Gov. Rod Blagojevich compared himself to Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in an interv...
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Grant's papers march to South from Illinois schoolJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Mississippians might have ample reason to dislike Ulysses Grant, the Union general-turned-president whose military victory at Vicksburg helped turn the tide of the Civil...
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Durbin on Blago: 'The sooner he's gone, the better'Jan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, calling corruption charges against Gov. Rod Blagojevich a "great embarrassment," said Sunday that the governor should appear in...
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Woman shot to death on bridgeJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- Illinois St. Police say a 23-year-old St. Louis woman died and her husband was critically injured when they were shot on the Poplar Street Bridge over ...
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If Blagojevich is ousted, his tollway signs will follow suitJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - For more than three years motorists on the Illinois tollway have driven under giant blue signs that read "Open Road Tolling - Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor" every few mil...
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Homeowners are pursuing lower rates in droves, but not all shouldJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Jeff Heck plans to pull the trigger as soon as mortgage rates dip just a little bit more. "Our target is if it drops under 5 percent," Heck said. The Antioch resident is...