Articles filed under Illinois
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Economy, fuel costs blamed for declining flights at O'Hare, MidwayJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Tell us something new was the reaction of aviation insiders to the latest plummeting figures on flights in and out of O'Hare and Midway airports. Rising fuel costs and t...
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Unemployment up in all Illinois citiesJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials say the unemployment rate is up in all the state's 12 metropolitan areas. Rockford has the highest unemployment rate at 8.6 percent. The northern Illinois city...
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Airman witnesses birth via InternetJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Although he was thousands of miles away in Iraq, Senior Airman Daniel Stewart was able to help his wife deliver their second child yesterday. As Miranda St...
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Group helps trace Lake Michigan trashJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. _ An environmental group that coordinates beach cleanup programs Thursday joined the U.S. Coast Guard in the search for the source of household and ...
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100 families still homeless from floodingJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - MACHESNEY PARK -- Officials in the northern Illinois village of Machesney Park estimate that about 100 families are still homeless since last month's floods. Village off...
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New rules target high-interest loan firmsJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The state aims to have amended rules in place later this year to further protect consumers seeking high-interest, short-term loans that use their vehicles as collateral....
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Civil rights groups want consent searches bannedJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Armed with four years of state data finding minorities are searched more often during traffic stops than whites, civil rights groups are asking the governor to bar state...
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Records show Blagojevich still taking donationsJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - While Illinois legislators took action against the state's "pay to play" reputation, Gov. Rod Blagojevich took donation after donation from people who stoo...
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School founder contradicts governorJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The founder of a school that got $1 million in state assistance following a fire at a historic Chicago church is contradicting claims by the Blagojevich administration t...
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More concerns raised by agency moveJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A member of a state purchasing oversight panel is questioning the legality of the acquisition of a Harrisburg building by the Illinois Department of Trans...