Articles filed under Illinois
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Neglected animals found in downstate vanMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SWANSEA -- A woman who was once charged with hoarding 127 animals in Granite City has been taken into custody again for keeping a van full of poorly fed, filthy cats and...
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Museum documenting Illinois' vanishing agricultural historyMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - When a network television news show recently needed a Chicago-area example of a dairy farm, the crew knew exactly where to go. It wasn't hard to pinpoint. With 625 milki...
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Dems want inmate legislationMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A trio of House Democrats say they want to introduce legislation designed to restrict the time inmates can be held at the Tamms Correctional Center. The bill would limit...
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With latest rejection, Ryan's only hope is a presidential pardonMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - With the U.S. Supreme Court refusing Tuesday to hear former Gov. George Ryan's appeal, Ryan's attorney announced he will ask President Bush for clemency. "In my opinion,...
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Rockford soldier killed in IraqMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A soldier from Rockford has been killed while serving in Iraq. In a news release, the city of Rockford says that Sergeant Blake Evans was killed over the weekend by an i...
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Videotape features in first week of R. Kelly's trialMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Sex tapes feature in 1st week of R. Kelly child porn trial One sex tape, an unflappable witness, a crying one and a lower-back mole. Those were among the people and thin...
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Family sets out to translate father's Italian war diaryMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO HEIGHTS -- Two South suburban siblings have translated and sifted through their father's World War I diary, piecing together a picture of the Italian immigrant a...
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Ideas sunk, stalled in CapitolMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In the midst of trying to find compromise and avert a summer-long state budget war, lawmakers have along the way this spring lost many smaller battles. De...
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Municipal retirement fund sets good example for stateMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Not all Illinois pension funds are in serious financial trouble. Officials at the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund tout the news wherever they can. They...
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Illinois has nation's worst pension problemMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In the time it takes you to read this sentence, Illinois taxpayers will be $200 deeper in debt. The state's pension debt will exceed $44 billion this summ...