Articles filed under Illinois
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Blagojevich relying on state-tied donors to pay mounting legal billsMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is relying heavily on state-tied donors to pay off massive legal bills in the face of a federal corruption investigation -- a probe that focuses on ...
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Horseplay kills Peoria manMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Police in Peoria say a 21-year-old student at Bradley University is dead after a friend allegedly pushed him into traffic. The friend is charged with involuntary mansla...
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Missing downstate children foundMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Police in Central Illinois say they've found two small children who they believed were taken by their grandfather. Authorities canceled an Amber Alert for five...
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Northwestern students raise $1 mil at dance marathonMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 750 students at Northwestern University have raised nearly $1 million for charities at this year's school dance marathon. The money will go to the Bear Necess...
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Ethics legislation in political limbo?Mar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- There's nothing illegal about taking campaign cash from donors who rely on business with the state -- and it seems it may stay that way, for now. With mor...
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EIU phases out gas-powered vehiclesMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON -- Eastern Illinois University is going green one vehicle at a time. Officials at the school in Charleston say they're going to replace several gas-powered mi...
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Plans for third airport get revision from stateMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - State officials have submitted updated plans to the Federal Aviation Administration for a proposed airport in Chicago's south suburbs. The new plans move the runway abou...
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Clinton has come back by raising voter doubt about ObamaMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - She threw the kitchen sink at him. Accused Barack Obama of plagiarism. Mocked his eloquence. Questioned his truthfulness about NAFTA. Wasn't enough. Hillary Clinton sti...
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Insulting, ignorant views of the influence of the Latino voteMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Recently, I was in California doing an interview on a New York radio show talking about Texas. Also on the show was an African-American columnist from a newspaper in New...
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Boeing backers blame McCainMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing's loss of a $35 billion Air Forc...