Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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Derailment cuts Amtrak service to St. LouisApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - PONTIAC -- Amtrak has canceled some trains between St. Louis and Chicago and plans to put passengers from others on chartered buses after a freight train derailment bloc...
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Legislator describes vexing impasseApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Rep. Suzanne Bassi met with business leaders on Tuesday morning in Hoffman Estates to talk about her frustrations with the current deadlock in the Illinois legislature. ...
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Excessive police force alleged in lawsuitApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- A lawsuit filed in Peoria County Circuit Court alleges two Peoria police officers used excessive force in the fatal shooting of a man last year. The wrongful d...