Articles filed under Illinois
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Lake Delton cleanup begins following breachAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - LAKE DELTON, Wis. _ Cleanup crews have begun extracting debris that filled the Wisconsin River after summer flooding caused Lake Delton to breach. Wisconsin's Departmen...
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Coroner: Tasered man died from cocaineAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD _ Winnebago County authorities say a 29-year-old man who died in June after being shot with a Taser passed away from the effects of cocaine. Winnebago County Co...
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Rock Island man gets 40 years for stabbing deathAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND _ A Rock Island man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the stabbing death of his girlfriend, whose body was found on New Year's Day 2007. Forty-fo...
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Freshmen aps up sharply at Illinois StateAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- Applications for a place in this fall's freshmen class at Illinois State University are up to about 14,000, 11 percent over last year. Part of the reason may n...
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State to commemorate Lincoln-Douglas debatesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - FREEPORT -- This is the "Pretzel City," thanks to German bakers who settled here in the 1850s. It's appropriate, given the way a lightweight named Abraham Lincoln twiste...
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Downstate cops catch Colo. jail escapeeAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Police in eastern Illinois say they've captured a man wanted since his escape from a Colorado prison in 1997. Champaign police say they arrested Aaron Smith...
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Illinois boy trapped alone on runaway boatAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. _ Parents from northeast Illinois said Thursday they watched helplessly as their 4-year-old son was trapped alone on a runaway boat on Lake Michigan f...
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Invasive snail found in Lake Michigan causing worriesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem. The New Zealand mud snail ...
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State Republicans' dream agenda: fight tax increases, look for tax breaksAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - If Republicans ran state government, they say they'd make it harder to raise taxes, fast track property tax relief and make it easier to kick unpopular pol...
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State budget cuts mean layoffsAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has laid off six employees and will require others to take time off without pay to deal with budget cuts, officials said...