Articles filed under Illinois
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Cellini donations permeate local, state campaignsOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The indictment of political insider Bill Cellini leaves numerous politicians scrambling to explain campaign donations tied to the bipartisan power broker. Cellini and h...
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Man convicted in Madison Co. killingOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Madison County man faces up to 60 years in prison after being convicted in the 2005 killing of a man whose body was found in a ditch by a mushroom hunt...
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3 accused of taking kids to sex 'party' in Indiana.Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS. -- Three people face federal charges for allegedly conspiring to take two young girls to an Indiana hotel room for a sex "party," then taking pictures as...
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New bone find encourages Fossett investigatorsOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - MADERA, Calif. -- Searchers have found what appear to be two large human bones near the crash site of Steve Fossett's plane in California's Sierra Nevada, along with the...
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Downstate mom charged for son's injuriesOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- A 17-year-old South Peoria woman is being held in lieu of $150,000 bond for allegedly allowing her 5-month-old son's leg and rib to be broken. Stephanie M. Bar...
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2 killed in downstate oil well explosionOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - CROSSVILLE -- Authorities say an oil well explosion in southern Illinois has killed two people and injured five others. Medical helicopters airlifted four of the injured...
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2 toddlers die after vehicle submergesOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - TAMAROA -- Two toddlers died after the truck they were in rolled into a southern Illinois lake and authorities said Wednesday the siblings' deaths were under investigati...
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Attack charges dropped against Ill. teacherOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Aggravated battery and aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges filed against a man in connection with an attack on a teenager have been dismissed. McLean...
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Woman sentenced to jail in horse deathsOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - CHANNAHON _ A Will County judge has fined a woman $10,000 and sentenced her to 180 days in jail on charges she let three horses starve to death. Will County prosecutor C...
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Man charged in pregnant sister-in-law's deathOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON _ A central Illinois man has been charged with raping and beating to death his pregnant sister-in-law while his wife and three kids slept in the room. Twenty...