Articles filed under Illinois
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Talk with ministers turns to persecuted leadersDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Famous persecuted leaders, including Nelson Mandela and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were reportedly on Gov. Rod Blagojevich's mind Friday morning as he prayed with minis...
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Blago case heads to court of public opinionDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - As Illinois' attorney general rushed to court Friday to try to remove Rod Blagojevich from office saying he's unable to fulfill his duties, the governor responded by sig...
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School official didn't report teacher suspicionsDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - URBANA -- A former Urbana school administrator admits she didn't report suspicions about a teacher now convicted of sexually abusing students. But a plea deal prevents n...
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Quinn lauds O'Dell, attacks Blagojevich anewDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Although Spike O'Dell introduced him as "Governor, uh, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn," that joke laid bare a serious note to Quinn's appearance at O'Dell's last show Friday. The cr...
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Ill. governor's chief of staff resignsDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - The chief of staff to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has resigned, three days after he was arrested on government corruption charges along with his boss. A Blagojevic...
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ACH Food to close 2 Illinois plantsDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- ACH Food Companies is closing two Illinois facilities next year, which means the loss of more than 450 jobs in central Illinois. The Memphis, Tenn.-based co...
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Madigan asks state Supreme Court to declare Blagojevich unfitDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan moved to ask the Illinois Supreme Court to oust Gov. Rod Blagojevich, arguing he can "no longer fulfill his official duties with a...
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Did Obama team have contact with Blago?Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Barack Obama insists he didn't have any contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich or anyone else who might have been scheming to sell the president-elect's U.S. Senate ...
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Illinois soldier gets Silver StarDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Capt. Kyle Walton remembers pressing himself into the jagged stones that covered the cliff in northeast Afghanistan. Machine gun rounds and sniper fi...
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Blago 'upbeat' as resignation demands multiplyDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - With pressure mounting by the hour for him to resign or face impeachment, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich returned to work Thursday in what an aide described as an attempt...