Articles filed under Illinois
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Illegal immigrant deportations increasesNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The number of illegal immigrants deported from a six-state area including Illinois has nearly doubled over the past four years. Immigration and Customs Enforcement figur...
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Obama administration could open doors for IllinoisansNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - On more than a few occasions, Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. has joked that if his friend Barack Obama became president, he'd like to be ambassador to Ireland....
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FutureGen supporters hopeful with new presidentNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN _ In Coles County, economic developers and others who back the FutureGen clean-coal project have waited for Election Day for months, hoping a new president wou...
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Illinois man has 5 holes-in-one in a weekNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - KAPPA _ Central Illinois amateur golfer Curt Hocker is on a roll. Five rolls, to be exact. Just ask anyone at the El Paso Golf Club, where the 22-year-old has recorded f...
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Police: Woman dies day after vehicle hit by trainNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- A southwestern Illinois woman whose vehicle was hit by a train has died. Authorities in Granite City say 59-year-old Elizabeth King died Wednesday at a S...
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A look back at how the race was wonNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - It was a tumultuous Monday morning in mid-September -- two of America's financial giants were near collapse, the Dow was plummeting and the economy seemed to be in free ...
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FutureGen supporters hopeful with new presidentNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Supporters of the FutureGen clean coal plant are hoping that a Barack Obama administration will revive their chances of building the plant in Mattoon. The d...
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Constitutional convention a no-goNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois won't be holding a convention to re-examine the state constitution. With 67 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, more than 67 percent of voters voted "no" on...
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Democrats gaining in SpringfieldNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Democrats were riding massive turnout Tuesday to possibly pad their numbers in the Illinois House and defend their overwhelming majority in the state Senate. Early talli...
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Suspects in Wis. murder arrested in IllinoisNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - APPLETON, Wis. -- Two men charged with fatally shooting a man in eastern Wisconsin have been arrested in Illinois. Police in the Outagamie County community of Grand Chut...