Articles filed under Illinois
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Museum needs money to stay openMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - RANTOUL -- Chanute Air Museum has called off its summer air show because it can't afford it and says it needs more money to stay open. Museum director Hal Loebach says t...
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Gun activists descend on capitol to make positions knownMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gun activists have made known to the Illinois General Assembly which gun bills they favor and which ones they oppose. Thousands of activists showed up at ...
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Lincoln lookalikes to flood Mississippi River city in AprilMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - ALTON -- Honest, Abe, Alton soon will be a land of Lincoln lookalikes. Dozens of impersonators of the 16th president plan to converge on the Mississippi River city next ...
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A look at Illinois governors who resignedMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Over the course of Illinois' history, four governors have resigned, surprisingly none directly due to scandal. The last was Democrat Otto Kerner, who resig...
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TB blamed in Cook Co. man's deathMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The Cook County medical examiner says a Schiller Park man has died after testing positive for miliary tuberculosis. Miliary tuberculosis is a form of the disease that sp...
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Attorney General Lisa Madigan gives birth to daughterMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is a mother for the second time. She gave birth this morning to Lucy Lillian Madigan Byrnes. Lucy weighs in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces,...
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2 die in trench collapse at sewage treatment facilityMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - MILLSTADT -- Emergency workers recovered the bodies of two workers killed when the sides of a trench they were working in collapsed, trapping them under mounds of dirt. ...
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Rezko witness says clout trumped experienceMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - In her experience, it was who you knew, not what you knew, that reigned supreme in getting appointed to state boards and commissions, a former Blagojevich administration...
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Kayne West's mother's death sparks call for plastic surgery lawsMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The recent death of hip-hop star Kanye West's mother after cosmetic surgery has lawmakers from Sacramento to Springfield pushing new medical restrictions....
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Schiler Park man dies of TBMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The Cook County medical examiner says a Schiller Park man has died after testing positive for miliary tuberculosis. Miliary tuberculosis is a form of the disease that sp...