Articles filed under Illinois
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Nursing home fined after patient falls down stairsDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A Springfield nursing home has been fined by federal officials who say the facility failed to prevent an elderly patient strapped into a wheelchair from t...
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Police follow tracks in the snow to make an arrestDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Robbers might think twice about committing a crime when there's snow on the ground. Or at least not head right home. That's the lesson after Joliet police followed footp...
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Back to work, not to normalDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich defiantly struggled to project the illusion of "business as usual" a day after he was arrested on stunning corruption charges - holing up in his Chi...
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Jackson: I did not 'promise anything' to governorDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said Wednesday he did not offer money or anything else improper to Gov. Rod Blagojevich in exchange for appointment to a vacant U.S. Senate s...
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What was Blagojevich thinking?Dec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - When a spokesman for House Speaker Michael Madigan suggested the governor was a "sociopath" this summer, the dig was chalked up to a bitter rivalry between the two Democ...
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Downstate base may get more airmenDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - MASCOUTAH -- As many as 150 new airmen and mechanics may be stationed at Scott Air Force Base next summer. Democratic Congressman Jerry Costello of Belleville says the g...
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Obama calls for Gov. Blagojevich to resignDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama called for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign on Wednesday, hours after the embattled governor reported for work amid charges he plotte...
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Why Blagojevich could remain in power for foreseeable futureDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Calls for his resignation are multiplying, state lawmakers are considering impeachment and stripping away his ability to name a U.S. senator, but for now a...
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Ill. National Guard unit set to deployDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An Illinois Army National Guard brigade will take over training of Afghan security forces from a New York guard unit next week. The Illinois guard said Th...
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Republicans eyeing Senate seat for comebackDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - With the prospect of a special Senate election as the sitting Democratic governor is accused of a "political corruption crime spree," Illinois Republicans may be seeing ...