Articles filed under Illinois
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Teen gets probation for attack 12-year-oldDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A 14-year-old southwestern Illinois boy who sexually attacked a 12-year-old girl after forcing her into a shed will be spending the next five years on prob...
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Obama denies any involvement in scheme to sell Senate seatDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama said this morning his office had "no involvement in any deal making" related to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged attempts to trade his vacant ...
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Man ordered imprisoned in 2006 slayingDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- One of two suspects in the 2006 killing of a St. Louis acquaintance whose body was found on a southwestern Illinois island is headed to prison for 20 yea...
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Deputy governor is 'Senate Candidate 4'Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Deputy Governor Louanner Peters was identified Thursday as one of the Senate candidates that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was accused of using to his political benefit ...
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State postpones borrowing as scandal may lead to rating cutDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois delayed until next week plans to borrow $1.4 billion to boost cash flow as Governor Rod Blagojevich's arrest on federal corruption charges led Standard & Poor's...
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SIU, historic group reach settlementDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and the Ulysses S. Grant Association are parting ways, meaning a historic collection of papers is going to Missi...
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Mayor says governor stayed out of Hoffman Estates dealDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Hoffman Estates officials said Thursday they've been spared any political shakedown efforts by the governor or his aides as they await his signature on an ...
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U of I scraps wind-turbine plan to save moneyDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The University of Illinois has scrapped a plan to erect an energy-generating wind turbine on its Urbana-Champaign campus because it needs the money elsewher...
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Jackson Jr. denies he was involved in schemeDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. flatly denies he and his brother were involved in a scheme to get him a Senate seat in a deal with scandal-tainted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. ...
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Woman pleads not guilty in DUI deathsDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - MORRIS -- A 43-year-old woman charged with drunken driving in the deaths of a central Illinois family has pleaded not guilty. Ann Marie Getz of Ransom appeared in Grundy...