Articles filed under Illinois
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Rep. Bean's campaign cash from PACs hard to matchSep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Melissa Bean has been in Congress just under four years, but the suburban 8th District Democrat has no shortage of cash for her re-election bid, thanks to ...
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Sauerberg gets ally in blasting Durbin for earmarksSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A chief opponent of so-called pork barrel spending, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, came to candidate Steve Sauerberg's aid Friday and blasted Sen. Dick Durbin on e...
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Court rules wrongful death does not cover in vitro embryosSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A state court ruled Friday that a couple cannot sue for wrongful death for a fertility clinic's destruction of their embryos. The ruling by an Illinois appellate court o...
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Woman accused of molesting friend's daughterSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say a 30-year-old woman from the Harvey was being held in lieu of $250,000 bond after being accused of having a sexual encounter with a friend's teenage dau...
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Preschooler in Normal left on school busSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- How does a preschooler end up left alone on parked school bus for 30 minutes? That's what officials want to know after an employee at a transportation garage i...
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More than 70,000 enrolled at U of ISep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Enrollment is up 1 percent this fall at the University of Illinois' three campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. According to preliminary figur...
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Downstate fire official face child porn chargesSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - BENTON -- An assistant fire chief in southern Illinois is on administrative leave after being charged by federal prosecutors with having and distributing child pornograp...
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Ax still falling on state jobs, parks, historic sitesSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Hundreds of state layoffs and the closing of two dozen state historic sites and parks will proceed as planned in the comings weeks as Illinois lawmakers ap...
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Suspect in 8 murders dissatisfied with attorneysSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - GALESBURG, Ill. _ A man suspected in a gruesome beating spree in June that left eight dead in Illinois and Missouri told a Knox County judge Thursday that he is not hap...
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SIU enrollment highest since 1975Sep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Fall enrollment at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville is shattering the school's records. Provost Paul Ferguson says the campus' overall enroll...