Articles filed under Illinois
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40 Springfield students to see inaugurationDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says his office has gotten more than 20,000 ticket requests for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, but 40 students from a ...
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Brothers draw probation in attack on Marine's earDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - MARKHAM -- Two brothers who reportedly tore off part of an off-duty Marine's ear in an attack outside an Oak Forest tavern have pleaded guilty to battery charges and hav...
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Special election is the right choiceDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois legislators did the right thing when they began impeachment proceedings against Governor Blagojevich. But impeachment may move at a glacial pace. No one knows h...
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Impeachment panel awaiting word from prosecutorDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Lawmakers studying impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich have adjourned for the rest of the week. They're still waiting to hear from U.S. Attorney Patrick F...
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Teen gets 4 years in pizza theftDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A Bloomington teenager will spend four years in prison for stealing three pizzas and an order of breadsticks. A judge sentenced 19-year-old Joshua Wilburn...
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Bad ham? Health dept.'s Christmas party goes badDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - LAWRENCEVILLE -- Phyllis Wells can't yet say precisely what sickened her and dozens of other workers of the county's health department during an office Christmas gatheri...
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Smoking ban working well in Illinois prisonsDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state's year-old indoor smoking ban is working well in Illinois prisons where inmates, who once had been allowed to smoke in their cells, have been fo...
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Financial meltdown slowing wind-power boomDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Grain farmer Mike Doyle has grown to love the big, spindly wind turbines that rise from his central Illinois prairie. Their blades, many more than 100 feet,...
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Obama review of Blagojevich contacts set for TuesdayDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to reveal on Tuesday his staff's conversations with the Illinois governor accused of trying to sell Obama's Senate seat,...
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Illinois remains fifth in population among statesDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- According to a new population estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois remains the nation's fifth most populous state -- trailing California, Texas, ...