Articles filed under Illinois
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Uno, the champion beagle, visits with the presidentMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The champion beagle named Uno celebrated his third birthday by going from the dog house to the White House. The Westminster Kennel Club's best in show in F...
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New director takes over at Danville VA hospitalMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - DANVILLE -- A new director's on the job at the Veterans Affairs Administration hospital that serves central and eastern Illinois and parts of Indiana. Michael Hamilton t...
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Prosecution rests; Rezko to present no defense witnessesMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Antoin "Tony" Rezko's defense attorneys staked their case Monday on the prospect that jurors have found more credibility problems than compelling evidence during weeks o...
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Wis. plane crash victim was Illnois manMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - BRODHEAD, Wis. -- The pilot killed in a single-engine plane crash in Wisconsin has been identified as a 77-year-old Illinois man. The cause of Monday's crash near the Br...
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Illinois lawmakers try to keep FutureGen aliveMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Illinois' congressional delegation is searching for ways to keep the FutureGen clean-coal power plant once planned for central Illinois alive until a new pr...
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Recall will be an issue this fallMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Minutes after the Illinois Senate blocked a recall amendment to the state constitution, Republicans began trying to transform the decision into a politica...
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Mounties? In the suburbs?May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - FRANKFORT -- Police in the Will County community of Frankfort are considering a new community relations project -- mounting some of their officers on horseback. Officer ...
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New state task force will focus on quakesMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The state's creating a panel aimed at improving earthquake preparedness. The Illinois Seismic Safety Task Force will assess how high-risk portions of the state have pre...
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Lawyers: E-mail proves IDOT firings were politicalMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Lawyers for former state workers who claim they were fired because of politics say an e-mail calling for the ouster of a prominent Republican backs them u...
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Corrections wants Stateville open, Pontiac closedMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Corrections is shelving plans to shutter a maximum security unit in Joliet, targeting a more than 130-year-old prison in Pontiac for closure i...