Articles filed under Illinois
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Blagojevich rewrites bill for autism coverageJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is rewriting a House bill so autism treatments are covered by insurance. Blagojevich and other proponents wants insurance companies to be required t...
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McCain delegate snubs Republican congressmanJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - John Borling would seem the perfect Republican. The retired Air Force major general is a national convention delegate for John McCain. A member of the Republican nominee...
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State police enforcing Scott's lawJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois drivers need to be careful around emergency vehicles or risk a ticket from authorities who have stepped up enforcement of a 2002 law. More than 1,770 tickets ha...
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Man to be jailed for choking soccer refJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A man from Morris has admitted trying to choke a soccer referee at a game last September involving 6- and 7-year-olds. William Favretto pleaded guilty to battery last we...
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Man jailed for leaving gun unsecuredJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A federal judge says a Metro East man must spend 10 years in prison for being a felon who had a handgun that ultimately was used in a child's death. Tw...
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Suburban lawmakers say lame-duck tax talk all wetJul 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich might believe there's a conspiracy brewing among lawmakers to raise taxes after the elections, but many suburban members say they'd ha...
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FBI: Agents foil bank robbery, rescue hostageJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - FBI agents say a suburban Chicago bank employee just may have saved her fiance's life after he was abducted, bound, shot in the leg and hit in the feet with a wrench by ...
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Decision on retrying Alton Logan postponedJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois prosecutors still haven't determined whether they will retry a man locked away 26 years for murder who was freed in April after it was learned another man confe...
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Birds test positive for West NileJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health says the state has its first cases of West Nile virus in birds for 2008. Doctor Damon Arnold, director of the state public healt...
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Illinois foreclosures still way upJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Significantly more Chicago area households received some type of foreclosure notice this June than last, suggesting the local foreclosure problem stands to get worse bef...