Articles filed under Illinois
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Ebert not able to attend his namesake festivalApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Movie critic Roger Ebert says he'll have to skip this year's Ebertfest film festival after breaking a hip. Ebert wrote on his blog on the Chicago Sun-Times'...
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The challenges that Indiana primary poses for Clinton, ObamaApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - For the first time in memory, presidential politics may lap the Indy 500 as May's hottest event in Indiana. Pennsylvania -- like Texas, Ohio and the two dozen Super Tues...
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Effort under way to recycle license platesApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois secretary of state's office is encouraging motorists to drop their old license plates in recycling bins outside all 136 motor vehicle facilit...
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Authorities suspend search for missing cruise ship passengerApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending the search for a missing cruise ship passenger from Illinois. A spokesman says aircrews from the Coast Guard Air Station in C...
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Judges refuse spending less for mealsApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' auditor general is again rapping the state Supreme Court for costly food tabs on taxpayers' dimes -- with some meals hitting nearly $50 rather t...
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Proper helmet fit importantApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Parents should take their children along when shopping for a bike helmet to get the best fit. That's the message from Nancy Nord of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Comm...
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Cop's conduct in stun gun incident investigatedApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Video of a police officer using a stun gun on a Chicago man outside a bar near Miami University shows the man getting shocked for about 10 seconds as he rolled around on...
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Illinois roads need $5 billion annuallyApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Experts have told a bipartisan panel looking at Illinois' crumbling infrastructure that the state must invest at least $5 billion a year in additional funding just to ma...
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Child dies in window blind accidentApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say the mother of a 3-year-old suburban boy found her son dead, hanging from the cord of a window blind. Autopsy results released Wednesday found the death of Max...
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Man drops 'faulty zipper' defense, pleads guilty to attacking girlApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - JACKSONVILLE -- After claiming for weeks that a faulty zipper led to improper contact with a 3-year-old girl, a man has pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct charges. Trav...