Articles filed under Illinois
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Police say 2 teens beat mentally challenged cousinSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS, _ A 34-year-old woman with the mental capacity of a 6-year-old was virtually defenseless to beatings inflicted by live-in, teenage cousins, and could not...
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Foster turns to ethics in first TV adSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Congressman Bill Foster is touting his brief tenure on Capitol Hill in his first campaign ad hitting suburban households this week. "When you se...
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State begins process to recover $1 million grantSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is demanding repayment of a $1 million grant it has admitted it gave to a private school by mistake. The Department ...
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Government wants VA lawsuit tossedSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. government says a lawsuit over a Kentucky man's death at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Marion should be thrown out because it was filed too s...
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UI president wants Global Campus changesSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois President Joseph White wants to loosen the reins on the school's new online Global Campus to boost its disappointing enrollment and s...
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Just 1 Illinois high school dropout costs $221,000Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Taxpayers lose $221,000 over the course of a lifetime for each Illinois student who drops out of school, according to a new analysis released Wednesday. "Taxpayers bear ...
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3 more Illinois counties declared disaster areasSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Governor Rod Blagojevich has declared three more Illinois counties state disaster areas after severe flooding this month. The governor's office says the state disaster d...
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Suburban lawmakers get early say on bailoutSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Suburban lawmakers will have a considerable say in crafting the Bush Administration's $700 billion bailout package, though many of them remain undecided on the specifics...
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Prairie Parkway en route to realitySep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Construction of a 5-mile segment of the controversial Prairie Parkway could start as soon as late 2009 following federal approvals for the project connecting I-80 and th...
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Man convicted in 2004 murder, dismembermentSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE _ A Madison County jury has convicted a southern Illinois man of first-degree murder in the death and dismemberment of a mentally ill stranger. The jury del...