Articles filed under Illinois
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New political battleground: Voters in the middleJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama realizes that many Americans don't know him well -- one reason he is running in 18 states a TV ad aimed at introducing himself. Some who do know him from fo...
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Obama quizzed on the hot topicsJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama opened a Wednesday news conference in Chicago with his staple remarks on economic and energy issues but ended up taking issue with a new Supreme Court rulin...
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Child shoots self in headJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say a 3-year-old Joliet boy is dead after being shot in the head with a handgun. Police Chief Fred Hayes says the boy appears to have been playing with the loaded...
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Madigan suing Countrywide over lending practicesJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan contends thousands of Illinois homeowners paid a steep price for Countrywide Financial's "desire to dominate the marketplace." Mad...
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Suburban shooting victim identifiedJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities have identified the woman shot to death in a suburban Chicago insurance office. The Cook County medical examiner's office says she's 42-year-old Jeniel Morga...
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Gettysburg Address back on display in SpringfieldJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' original manuscript of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address will be back on display next month at the Civil War president's library in Springfie...
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Counting Illinois' endangered speciesJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- For most, the mention of endangered species conjures images of faraway black rhinos, mountain gorillas or Siberian tigers. Closer to home, endangered spec...
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Amtrak sets recordJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Amtrak says its passenger train service between Milwaukee and Chicago continues to set ridership records. Amtrak says more than 64,000 passengers used the trains in Ma...
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More West Nile foundJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Southern Illinois has recorded its first positive West Nile virus test of the year. The Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday that the test was collected Mon...
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Woman sued in fire death of foster childJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- After suffering severe burns in a failed effort to save the 11-month-old foster child she was hoping to adopt, a 50-year-old Peoria woman is now facing a new o...