Articles filed under Illinois
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Supreme Court strikes down D.C. handgun banJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Gun-rights advocates in Illinois joined others across the country in hailing Thursday's 5-4 court ruling that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their...
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Feds interviewed gov on 'multiple occasions'Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal investigators looking into allegations of "pay-to-play" politics in Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration interviewed the governor on "multiple occasions," accor...
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Prosecutor in landmark mob trial honored posthumouslyJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Mitchell A. Mars, who died just months after leading the government's landmark Operation Family Secrets case against the mob, was honored Thursday as a man dedicated to ...
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Blagojevich plans summer jobs programJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich says it will cost $14 million to provide up to 10,000 summer jobs for 13- to 22-year-olds around the state. Blagojevich says it's with "great enthus...
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Man freed from prisonJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A man who spent more than 13 years in prison for killing an Illinois State University student is out of prison, about a month after the state's highest court overturned ...
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Yes, but can they fetch the morning newspaper?Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - MANSFIELD -- Sarah Roberts lifted a little hut covering Bailey and her offspring and plucked the protective mother off her babies, four tiny hedgehogs that looked like a...
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Anheuser-Busch cans alcoholic energy drinksJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Anheuser-Busch says it'll stop selling caffeinated alcoholic drinks as part of a legal settlement with Illinois and several other states. Illinois Attorney General Lisa ...
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Budget stalemate threatens AmtrakJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, A group of Amtrak supporters is criticizing Governor Rod Blagojevich's proposal to cut the state's support of passenger train service at a time when high ga...
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Governor asked to raze raises before cutting other programsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- If the governor needs to prune $1.5 billion from the budget, he should make sure bigger legislative paychecks are among the first items snipped, a group o...
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Springfield man charged with tattooing childrenJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Sangamon County authorities have charged a 39-year-old Springfield man with three counts of tattooing minors without a parent's permission. Prosecutors sa...