Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawmakers' odds on adjournmentMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- With only days remaining in the General Assembly's scheduled spring session and last year's nightmare overtime budget sessions still a fresh memory, the D...
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A bittersweet day for NIUMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - In a semester defined by tragedy and triumph, Saturday's commencement ceremonies at Northern Illinois University were an opportunity for celebration. During three ceremo...
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Winners written in the starsMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - DENVER -- Picking a winner of the presidential contest is front and center at what's being billed as the largest astrologers' convention in years. More than 1,500 astrol...
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Looking for a minor miracleMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Ask suburban lawmakers how the General Assembly can wipe out a three-quarter-billion-dollar deficit in this year's budget, fix a bigger one in the next, h...
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Cancer society offers information for patientsMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Responding to the growing difficulties of accessing information, care and services for cancer patients in Illinois, the American Cancer Society is partnering with local ...
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A big thank you for library serviceMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The Sugar Grove Library Friends wanted to inform residents of the Sugar Grove Library District that library board members Ken Wiesner and Erin Erickson have stepped down...
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Foundation donates $2.5 million for arts programming at EIUMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON -- A family foundation has donated $2.5 million to help pay for programming at a new arts center at Eastern Illinois University. The Doudna Fine Arts Center i...
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University of Illinois unveils new energy conservation planMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Officials at the University of Illinois say they want to cut energy use in existing buildings on the Urbana-Champaign campus by 10 percent in three years. With...
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Day of celebration at NIU caps semester marked by tragedyMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - In a semester defined by tragedy and triumph, Saturday's commencement ceremonies at Northern Illinois University were an opportunity for celebration. During three ceremo...
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Military beef recalledMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Beef sold at some military bases around the country -- including Great Lakes Naval Training Center in North Chicago-- may have been contaminated with E. coli. The Defen...