Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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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...