Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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Blagojevich talks tough on budgetJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - If lawmakers don't come up with more dollars for the state's budget in two weeks, Gov. Rod Blagojevich will order $1.5 billion in draconian cuts to some of Illinois' mos...
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Numbers of Gypsy moths reach recordJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - State officials say the gypsy moth, an insect that invaded Illinois 20 years ago, has reached record numbers this year. James Cavanaugh of the Department of Agriculture ...
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Teen missing in Fox RiverJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - OSWEGO -- Authorities say they plan to resume the search for an 18-year-old Montgomery man who disappeared while swimming in the Fox River near downtown Oswego. They say...
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State workers protestJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Thousands of state workers converged on the state Capitol to ratchet up pressure on the Blagojevich administration for a new union contract before the current deal expir...