Articles filed under Illinois
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Arrests made in slaying of man in RockfordSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Police in Rockford have arrested two men in the slaying of a man who was shot several times and his body dumped in a field and set on fire. Police say they'v...
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FBI returns to Lane Bryant where 5 people shot to deathSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - FBI investigators are back looking for more clues at the Tinley Park Lane Bryant store where five people were shot to death in February. The FBI won't comment, but Tinle...
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U.S. Senate passes bill to help clean up Great LakesSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The U.S. Senate has passed the Great Lakes Legacy Act, which would continue a program to reduce contaminated sediments in the lakes. It passed Thursday by a voice vote. ...
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Tollway chief's move adds to questions about strength of ethics lawSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - In Gov. Rod Blagojevich's first term, the Chicago Democrat declared the corrupt revolving door "closed." The governor pushed for and signed a law in 2003 that banned sta...
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Student wins round in chicago2016.com fightSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - An international panel has sided with a 29-year-old MBA student in a dispute with the organizers of Chicago's Olympic bid over ownership of the Web name Chicago2016.com....
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Downstate hospital hit with $2.3 mil judgmentSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON -- A jury has ordered the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Charleston to pay a patient $2.3 million in damages. Clinton Dean Lovell of Tuscola went into th...
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Black politicians prosper in Obama's IllinoisSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It's no coincidence the first black major-party nominee for president calls Illinois home. The state has sent more blacks to Congress than any other, in la...
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Tollway chief's move begs question on ethics lawSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - In Gov. Rod Blagojevich's first term, he declared the state's corrupt revolving door "closed." The Chicago Democrat pushed for and signed a law in 2003 that banned state...
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U of I faculty chafes at no-campaigning policySep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois English professor Cary Nelson thinks she ought to be able to wear a a Barack Obama T-shirt or John McCain baseball cap on campus if s...
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State says its $400,000 prison report is wrongSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Corrections spent more than $400,000 for an independent study of the prison system's needs but after sitting on the report for almost a year, ...