Articles filed under Illinois
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Pelican stranded near Rock RiverNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - BARSTOW -- Help may be on the way for a lone pelican stranded in Rock Island County for several weeks after some 50 others in its flock flew south. It's been seen swimmi...
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State has $4 billion in unpaid billsNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state of Illinois' backlog of unpaid bills has climbed to nearly $4 billion -- the largest total in state history. Comptroller Daniel Hynes warned on ...
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Economy, smoking ban snuff casino profitsNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A sinking economy and state smoking ban have combined to torpedo Illinois casinos, whose take from gamblers plummeted more than 25 percent last month compa...
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Obama to give up Senate seat this SundayNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday. In a statement, the junior Illinois senator called his four-year term "...
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Cops: Downstate racetrack robbedNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE -- Authorities are trying to pinpoint who robbed a southwestern Illinois horse-racing track. Police in Collinsville say someone armed with a handgun held up...
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Judge dismisses U.S. Rep. Davis' traffic ticketNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A judge has dismissed a 2007 traffic ticket issued to U.S. Rep. Danny Davis. The Democratic congressman from Illinois had protested the ticket, claiming it was the resul...
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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...