Articles filed under Illinois
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Air museum grant money on the way, but too late to save air showApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - RANTOUL -- The financially troubled Chanute Air Museum will receive a badly needed state grant, but the money won't save this summer's air show. The Illinois Department ...
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Supreme Court takes $2 million away from fiancée infected with AIDSApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A woman whose now-dead fiancé infected her with AIDS cannot collect $2 million from his parents for possibly misleading her about their son's health, the I...
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Car hits house, leading to reptile roundupApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS -- A car crash in the Metro East area led to a reptile roundup. Police in Fairview Heights say a car clipped one house, then crashed into the basement o...
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Springfield tinkers with smoking banApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers are trying to clear the haze of confusion over how to punish violators of Illinois' new smoking ban in public places. Starting Jan. 1, Ill...
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No answers on grant snafuApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - An Illinois House committee grilled a Blagojevich administration aide for 90 minutes Wednesday about a botched $1 million grant to a private school, but got little infor...
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Wrigley Field in danger?Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Preservationists want to keep Wrigley Field as it is. The Cubs, not so much. "I'm sure we could find somebody else to play ball in that stadium," said La...
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Coroner: SIU student found dead in campus creek drownedApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- A coroner says a Southern Illinois University graduate student from China who was found dead in a creek on the Carbondale campus drowned. No foul play is s...
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Car returned to StebicApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A judge has ruled that the husband of a missing suburban Plainfield woman can get his car back. But Craig Stebic, whose wife, Lisa, has been missing nearly a year, must ...
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Verbal fireworks part of Capitol recall debateApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Fireworks and foul language erupted at the state Capitol as lawmakers battled over a constitutional amendment to allow the recall of public officials. St...
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Official: Teacher who abused students viewed pornography at schoolApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A school official says a former teacher who sexually abused 10 students at elementary schools in Normal and Urbana was once suspended for viewing pornography i...