Articles filed under Illinois
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Judgment reinstatedJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - An Illinois appellate court has reinstated a $120 million judgment against owners of the former Clark Oil refinery, reversing a Cook County judge's decision to dissolve ...
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Audit raps healthcare agency for slow, poor bookkeepingJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' healthcare agency is under fire again from state auditors, this time for slow and sloppy management of financial records. Auditor General Willia...
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Fraud lawsuit settledJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A lawsuit filed by two hotel owners who claimed they were wrongly charged with selling credit card numbers to a scam artist has been settled. John Seo and John Rhee alle...
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River towns in perilJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - GULFPORT, Ill. -- It was like attending a wake for an old friend. For hours Tuesday, Lois Russell sat in her light blue Buick Lucerne on a tiny county road, watching bro...
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Jury finds ex-Bloomington officer guilty of 4 rapesJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A former Bloomington police sergeant whose home computer contained depictions of violent sex forced on women was convicted Wednesday of raping four women an...
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Beauty pageant veteran ready to go for the big prize SaturdayJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Lisa Allen remembers the tears quite vividly. She frantically searched for shoes she needed for the Miss Indiana competition in 2005 and nobody would help her. Her paren...
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Levee breach forces Gulfport evacuationJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - GULFPORT -- Floodwaters breached two levees in western Illinois on Wednesday and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for th...
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Lawmakers fighting to save Pontiac prisonJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Two state lawmakers have kicked off a tour of state prisons in an effort to block the closing of the aging Pontiac Correctional Center, located in rural Livingston Count...
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Utah announces 'major' dinosaur find by Illinois scientistsJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY -- A newly discovered batch of well-preserved dinosaur bones, petrified trees and even freshwater clams in southeastern Utah may provide fresh clues about...
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Feds: 27 levees could overflow if sandbags failJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - OAKVILLE, Iowa -- Southeastern Iowa and other parts of the Midwest filled sandbags in anticipation of the Mississippi River's wrath Tuesday as the rest of Iowa began the...