Articles filed under Illinois
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Downstate teachers accused of ignoring abuseAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Three former Urbana school officials have pleaded not guilty to failing to report child abuse by a teacher. Former Superintendent Gene Amberg, former principal...
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Pontiac fights long odds to save prison, jobsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - PONTIAC, Ill. _ When folks here heard the governor wanted to close the 137-year-old prison, sucking hundreds of jobs from the area, they mobilized in a way that only sma...
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Downstate Marine added to Iraq deathsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- The military says a North Carolina-based Marine who died last year from injuries he suffered in 2005 has officially been counted as a combat death in Ir...
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55 dogs seized after puppy mill raidAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - ARTHUR -- Douglas County authorities say they've raided an unlicensed puppy mill and seized 55 dogs they say were living in deplorable conditions. County Animal Control ...
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Woman in Jordan case to remain in jail for nowAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - MEADVILLE, Pa. -- A northwestern Pennsylvania woman who claims Michael Jordan fathered her son is still in jail because a judge says she hasn't promised not to bother Jo...
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Mason County man pleads not guilty to animal crueltyAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - HAVANA, Ill. _ A Mason County man has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty for beating a cocker spaniel in the head with a hammer. The attorney for 53-year-old Freddie M...
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Lawsuit makes school funding a civil rights matterAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois courts refused twice in the 1990s to enter the school-funding debate, saying the matter belonged with state lawmakers, not the judiciary. The Chicago Urban Leag...
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Commission gets an earful on prison closure planAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - PONTIAC, _ By Thursday morning, a commission considering Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to close a central Illinois prison will have a mound of new information to weigh --...
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Biden is Democratic favorite for Obama's No. 2Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. Joe Biden has emerged as the favorite among Democrats to be Barack Obama's running mate for his understanding of foreign policy in grave global times and his fight...
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Peterson's attorney says wife talked of leavingAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Drew Peterson's attorney says a man who met with Stacy Peterson told authorities she talked about leaving her husband the day before she disappeared. Joel Brodsky says a...