Articles filed under Illinois
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State pays $2.2 million for hotel litigation feesJun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE -- A published report says Illinois paid nearly $2.2 million in legal fees over the last 13 years trying to recoup taxpayer money loaned to two hotels and a...
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Cops: Downstate man accused of theft flees countryJun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - A Peoria Heights restaurant owner facing bad check charges has left the country while out on bail, and authorities are not sure just how it happened. And the alleged vic...
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Blagojevich signs preschool funding billJun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - EVANSTON -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich has signed an early childhood learning bill that will continue funding preschools across Illinois. The governor was surrounded by more t...
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Friendly media aren't bothered by Obama's flip-floppingJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - ˆ "To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies." -- Obama spokesman Bill Burton, Oct. ...
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Thousands without electricity after stormsJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Strong thunderstorms moved across Illinois Saturday, producing hail and high winds that left tens of thousands of customers without electricity. ComEd says its crews ha...
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Teen charged in wreath burningJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SANDWICH, Ill. -- Police have charged a 17-year-old girl from Sandwich for allegedly setting fire to a wreath set up at a local park to honor veterans. Police say witnes...
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Man charged in death of nursing home residentJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police have charged a 50-year-old man from West Cermak with first-degree murder in the beating death of a nursing home resident. Solomon Owasanoye was charged Sa...
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Elizabeths gather to try for world recordJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - ELIZABETH, Ill. -- The world's most famous Elizabeth didn't show, but about 400 other Elizabeths did. The northern Illinois community of Elizabeth tried on Saturday to s...
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Do the candidates understand taxes?Jun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Both John McCain and Barak Obama have displayed either a naive misunderstanding or a disingenuous deception of who actually pays taxes in this country. Obama and Democra...
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Death penalty fate still undecidedJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- When former Gov. George Ryan took the extraordinary step of emptying Illinois' death row over fears that an innocent person could be executed, he urged l...