Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawyers want limit on questioning of witnessApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Prosecutors asked a federal judge Wednesday to bar political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko's defense attorney from cross examining key witness Ali Ata about his nephew'...
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Extension offices, others await ag fundsApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- State agriculture agencies on Thursday hoped to receive at least some of the $36 million in operating funds tied up in a state budget standoff, after being ...
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Suburb ends quirky stop-sign campaignApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - OAK LAWN -- Oak Lawn has removed comical remarks in octagonal shapes it placed under stop signs in an effort to get motorists to obey the law. Mayor Dave Heilmann says t...
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House orders formal audit of grant mistakeApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Without a single dissenting vote, the Illinois House has ordered a review of how the Blagojevich administration awarded a $1 million grant to the wrong or...
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Northwestern dean admits mistakeApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The dean of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism told a meeting of alumni and students that he made a mistake when he quoted an anonymous student in a s...
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Past Illiniweks hail to St. Charles studentApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Officially, Chief Illiniwek is gone, but a group of University of Illinois graduates who once portrayed the controversial mascot has selected a new one, just i...
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Governor's pitch for state rebate checks goes nowhereApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In February, Gov. Rod Blagojevich teased taxpayers and lawmakers with the whimsy of state rebate checks that could add hundreds of dollars onto the typica...
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50,000 pounds of ribs go up in smokeApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - HAZEL CREST -- Twenty-five tons of beef ribs went up in smoke overnight after the truck in which they were transported caught fire in the South suburbs. Illinois State P...
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Immigration activists hope marches resonate with votersApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Immigration activists and civil rights leaders are gearing up for rallies and marches in cities across the nation, hoping to revive the stagnant immigration debate in ti...
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Newspaper carrier finds woman pinned by husband's dead bodyApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Newspaper carrier Bruce Pitts knew the elderly couple only by the prayers the wife made for him while he was working at night and in bad weather, but he felt something w...