Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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How your lawmakers voted on gambling expansionJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House voted 47-55 Thursday to reject a proposed gambling expansion plan that would have helped finance $34 billion in state construction. Here...
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Quinn: Gov's budget cuts 'petty and vindictive'Jul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn says cuts to his and other statewide officials' budgets were "petty and vindictive." Governor Rod Blagojevich cut 1...
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Food bank in affluent area needs helpJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The staff at a food bank that serves affluent communities like Wilmette, Winnetka and Glencoe say they have seen a surge in people in need of basic food supplies. Becaus...
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Man sentenced to 20 years in ex-senator's muggingJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County Circuit Court judge has sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for trying to rob former presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun. Judge M...