Articles filed under Illinois
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Evanston latest suburb to repeal gun banAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Evanston has become the latest to react to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming the right to gun ownership by repealing its handgun ban. Members of the Evan...
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Doctor group apologizes for snub of black physicianAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Nearly 80 years after the organization denied membership to a black doctor, the Sangamon County Medical Society is apologizing for its action. Because the...
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Tollway director extols 50 years of smooth drivingAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois drivers were shocked 50 years ago by the new phenomenon of having to pay tolls, but such user-funded roadways are proving an efficient and effective transportat...
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Your $129 could buy state pols a lot of corn dogsAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - In ordering state lawmakers back to the Capitol this week, Gov. Rod Blagojevich did them a favor. Many were already planning to be in Springfield for the I...
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440 years for former cop convicted of 4 rapesAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON _ A former police sergeant convicted of raping four women was sentenced to 440 years in prison Tuesday. Jeff Pelo, formerly with the Bloomington police, slo...
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Bigger payday delayed? Lawmakers salary bump might not happen ... yetAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - As lawmakers ponder giving themselves pay raises, the state official who writes the checks said he won't increase them unless legislators also come up with...
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Democratic unity efforts put to the test as convention approachesAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Eighteen million strong, Hillary Clinton backers have a choice to make as the Democratic convention nears in late August. Switch allegiance to Barack Obama -- as some ha...
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Rings taken from dead Champaign woman's fingersAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Police in Champaign are looking for someone who stole a pair of gold rings from the hand of a dead woman at her funeral. Police were called after someone re...
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Man stabbed to death in RockfordAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities in Rockford are releasing few details about the stabbing death of a 27-year-old man who was found dying on a street corner just west of the downtown area. De...
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Wilmette man killed in plane crashAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -- Authorities say the victims of a collision between two single-engine planes in southwestern Wyoming include a local student pilot and men from Ohio...