Articles filed under Illinois
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Rezko freed on $8 million bond, home monitoringApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Satisfied that safeguards are in place to keep him from skipping the country, a federal judge has decided Antoin "Tony" Rezko can go home from jail as his corruption tri...
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Gov uses employees to seek budget supportApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich, never shy about using taxpayer resources to push his agenda, is once again marshaling state employees to build backing for his budge...
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Mass roadkill grave now coveredApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Mass roadkill grave now covered GOODFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Transportation says it intends to keep on using part of the median on Interstate 74 in Woodford ...
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No bids for 'Spindle'Apr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - An effort to sell a 50-foot stack of rusty automobiles online has failed, putting the future of the structure in doubt. Bidding for the iconic "Spindle" sculpture, which...
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Scientists say Midwest quakes poorly understoodApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Scientists say they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that rumbled to life under southern Illinois Friday morning, but much of what they do...
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'All clear' after NIU bomb threatApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois University's Health Services building was evacuated Thursday after a bomb threat, which prompted officials to activate the emergency alert system on th...
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Methodists to talk with CaterpillarApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Caterpillar executives have agreed to meet with United Methodist Church leaders over their objections to the company's heavy equipment sales to Israel. Leaders...
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In response to death, state house backs monitoringApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- People who violate orders of protection could be tracked with electronic ankle bracelets under a proposed state law the Illinois House endorsed Thursday. ...
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Asian longhorned beetle has been eradicated from IllinoisApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials say the Asian longhorned beetle has been eradicated from Illinois, nearly a decade after it first arrived in the state. An event celebrating the end of the shi...
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Witness says he was offered a finder's feeApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - An associate of Antoin "Tony" Rezko was offered an $80,000 finder's fee at a time Rezko owed the man's wife several million dollars, according to testimony Thursday in R...