Articles filed under Illinois
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Suburban state police lost to ChicagoAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is siphoning state police out of the suburbs to concentrate on crime in Chicago. Under his plan to beef up Windy City security following a rash of ...
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Judge delays Vrdolyak trialAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal judge Thursday ordered a delay in the trial of former Chicago Alderman Edward R. Vrdolyak after prosecutors dumped roughly 250,000 documents on his defense tea...
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Veto power starts battleAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - In a move that jeopardizes a tamer health insurance expansion plan, Gov. Rod Blagojevich launched a fresh assault on House Democrats by rewriting a measure to force insu...
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Sheley pleads not guilty in Galesburg murderAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - GALESBURG -- A man suspected of eight killings in a two-state spree in June has pleaded not guilty to one of the slayings. Nicholas Sheley also demanded a jury trial dur...
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Teen sentenced to 92 years in prisonAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A 17-year-old who was convicted in June of the May 2007 rape of a woman in her Bloomington apartment has been sentenced to 92 years in prison. Yarii Masse...
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Lawmakers, governor keep fighting over construction spendingAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Pork projects and pay raises will be on the menu next week when Gov. Rod Blagojevich orders lawmakers back to the Capitol. On Tuesday, the governor announc...
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Three die of apparent carbon monoxide poisoningAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - OLNEY -- A woman and her two nieces whose bodies were found in a camper in southeastern Illinois died of apparent carbon monoxide. Richland County Coroner Randy Kistler ...
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Mother pleads not guilty in newborn's deathAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - MARSHALL -- An eastern Illinois woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse her of drowning her newborn baby. Cayla Wheeler will go trial on September 12 after e...
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State loses if Pontiac Prison closesAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois officials are beginning to express concern that the closing of Pontiac Prison and its replacement in Thomson would give a boost to Iowa's economy...
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Archer Daniels Midland profit down 61 percent in 4QAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit plunged by 61 percent, coming in below expectations even though revenues soared. The Decatur...