Articles filed under Illinois
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2 die in nursing home fireMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Fire at a Niles nursing home has claimed the lives of two men and left two other people injured. Niles police say the blaze began late Wednesday in a third-floor room at...
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State: Food stamps, WIC at highest level ever in IllinoisMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Human Services says more Illinoisans than ever are getting help from the government to buy food. Officials say the number of ho...
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Voter ID proposal rejected along party linesMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An attempt to require Illinois voters to show identification before casting a ballot was rejected Thursday by Democratic lawmakers. The proposal would hav...
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Moment of silence changes rejected during Senate committee debateMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State senators potentially killed an effort to change the embattled moment of silence for schools law Wednesday after a confusing debate that mixed ...
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Police: Manager in store shooting a hero for calling 911May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say the manager of a suburban Chicago clothing store stayed to call 911 instead of fleeing from a gunman when she had the chance. Rhoda McFarland and four other w...
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NIU says thank youMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 200 people were honored at Northern Illinois University for their role in responding to a campus shooting spree earlier this year. The DeKalb university held a...
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Anatomy of what will be an Obama nomination victoryMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Green is director, Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg As the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination battle winds down (despite Hilla...
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5 injured in Riverdale bar shootingMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say five people were injured overnight during a shooting at a bar in the south Chicago suburb of Riverdale. Police Chief Greg Baker says shots were fired after a ...
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Students lobby for alternative schoolsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- By age 15, Komaneque Bobbett thought she'd lost everything. Depressed and angry, she'd been kicked out of school. But the Aurora teen landed a spot in No...
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Warning labels would have 'chilling effect,' critics argueMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Stricter warning labels proposed for toys containing a legal amount of lead would have a "chilling effect" on consumers, one suburban lawmaker argued Tues...