Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois astronaut headed into space againNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- An astronaut with Illinois ties is heading back into space. Forty-four-year-old Belleville native Sandra Magnus is scheduled to lift off Friday with six ot...
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Illinois man charged with molesting 3 girlsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A 40-year-old Streator man has been charged with four sexual abuse counts and is accused of molesting three girls under the age of 16. Robert Elliott was held in the LaS...
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Study advising separating Great Lakes, Mississippi basinsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Waterways engineered more than a century ago to connect the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds should be altered to stop the exchange of invasive species that ...
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Dog shot in face with arrow recoveringNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - KANE -- A southwestern Illinois dog shot in the face with an arrow last week is recovering. The 7-year-old German shepherd named Sassy Mae was wounded early Nov. 5 in th...
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Former Ryan prosecutors reunitedNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Patrick Collins and Joel Levin are getting the old band back together. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Collins, the Lisle native who successfully prosecuted former G...
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Marion to get new truck terminalNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - MARION -- An East St. Louis-based trucking company says it's expanding to Marion, meaning it'll need to hire 100 drivers. Marion Mayor Bob Butler says Beelman Truck Co. ...
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Treasurer proposes Obama resolutionNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois treasurer wants the state's General Assembly to pass a resolution honoring President-elect Barack Obama. State treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is proposing the ...
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Durbin has a favored Obama replacement -- but he's not talkingNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Dick Durbin isn't saying whom he'd like to have as an Illinois colleague in the U.S. Senate, but made it clear Tuesday he has someone in mind and plans on ...
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All FamilyCare coverage ended until judge rulesNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Blagojevich administration has stopped payment on most state-subsidized health care, asking a judge to clarify his order to shut down an illegal expan...
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Illinois, Senate inventories Obama's chair, other itemsNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Senate and the state Historic Preservation Agency are taking an inventory of items used by President-elect Barack Obama when he was a state l...