Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois House rejects one-a-month limit on handgunsApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An effort to bar Illinois residents from buying more than one handgun a month has failed. The measure got only 53 of the 60 votes it needed to pass the Il...
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Boeing 787 launch date to be delayed up to 18 monthsApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. pushed back its oft-delayed 787 jetliner by another six months Tuesday, postponing the jet's debut in commercial service until the third quarter of 2009, furt...
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New wind farm planned for central IllinoisApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An energy company plans to build 150 to 200 wind turbines on 25,000 acres of land in central Illinois. The Prairie Fork Wind Farm is slated to be built in...
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House OKs right to recall voteApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's political critics sent a message Tuesday as the Illinois House approved a constitutional amendment that would let voters recall a g...
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Clinton aide a victim of free trade Clinton opposes, for nowApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary Clinton's campaign, which is a guttering candle, has suffered a perhaps extinguishing gust of ill wind. Her principal strategist has been forced to resign from ...
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Striking auto workers in central Illinois look to negotiationsApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- About 150 employees at an auto parts plant in central Illinois have been on strike since Sunday, but now they plan to start negotiations. The United Auto Worker...
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Batavia's Fuel Tech poised for strong yearApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Fuel Tech Inc., a marketer of efficiency and pollution technologies for coal-driven and other energy-related facilities worldwide, has secured an order for two demonstra...
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Cuts could hurt advocatesApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Two members of Congress have joined anti-domestic violence advocates in expressing fears federal budget cuts could inhibit aid to victims. The Bush administration's prop...
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DuPage hospital's proton therapy center deniedApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Unable to justify two proton therapy treatment centers only miles apart, the state Health Facilities Planning Board struck down Central DuPage Hospital's ...
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Oregon uses Zebra traffic technologyApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - VERNON HILLS -- Zebra Technologies, a provider of specialty printing and automatic identification systems, said its Zebra RW 420 mobile printers are a key component of a...