Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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Some 5,000 pounds of fireworks seizedJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - BRIDGEVIEW -- Cook County sheriff's police say they have seized a large cache of illegal fireworks from a Bridgeview trailer in a crackdown on the explosives before Inde...
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Blagojevich met with investigatorsJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal investigators met with Gov. Rod Blagojevich "multiple" times as part of their Operation Board Games investigation, but the governor denied telling fundraisers he...
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Arrest warrants issued for check forgeriesJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Authorities in Springfield have issued arrest warrants for 20 people, including three alleged ringleaders, in a scheme in which people would work just lon...
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Murder link investigatedJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Investigators are following up on a tip that a man killed by police during a hostage situation this week in South suburban Dolton is linked to the shooting deaths of fiv...