Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawmakers take no action on huge pension debtJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers had the incentive and the opportunity to work on the nation's worst pension debt problem, but they left town last month without a new solu...
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Lawsuit over false charges settledJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - JOLIET -- 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...
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Henderson County levee breaks as flooding continuesJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - More than a dozen people sandbagging a levee before it broke near the western Illinois village of Gulfport had to be rescued by helicopter Tuesday when the rising Missis...
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Judgment against refinery reinstatedJun 16, 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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Charges in murder of Maywood teenJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - MAYWOOD -- Police in the Chicago suburb of Maywood say they've made an arrest in the shooting death of a Proviso East High School student earlier this month. Police offi...
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High Court rejects appeal on Ill. horse slaughter banJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has declined an appeal from the owners of a horse slaughtering plant who challenged an Illinois law prohibiting the killing of horse...
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Clinton hasn't left the stage just yetJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Remember the key word in Hillary Clinton's address, "suspend." She suspended her campaign and did not concede her loss to Obama. The lady in the pants suit hasn't sung ...
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Midwest flooding disrupts Amtrak serviceJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Amtrak is suspending service between Chicago and destinations to the north and west because of flooding across the Midwest. Service between St. Paul and Chicago and betw...
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Durbin says power plant isn't deadJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - MATTOON -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin told central Illinois officials Saturday that the Department of Energy's decision to withdraw from the FutureGen project on Friday the 1...
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Governor warns of deep cutsJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich is warning state agency heads, university presidents and social service groups that severe cuts await if lawmakers don't quickly addr...