Articles filed under Illinois
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Madigan subpoenas Countrywide, Wells FargoMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- As a nationwide housing downturn and credit crunch drags on, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today issued subpoenas to two mortgage companies to invest...
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Gun shop where NIU shooter bought weapons closesMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN _ The backyard gun shop where Northern Illinois University gunman Steven Kazmierczak bought five guns has closed. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Expl...
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Democratic Party delegate disasterMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - In the wake of Hillary Clinton's comeback in Ohio and Texas, it's become quite apparent -- if it hasn't been earlier -- what a mess the Democratic National Committee has...
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Juveniles serving life sentences could get paroleMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Nearly 18 years ago, New Trier High School student David Biro took a deadly path. Biro, then 16, killed a young Winnetka couple and their unborn child on ...
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Report: Number of anti-Semitic incidents in Ill. falls 62.5 percent in '07Mar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The Anti-Defamation League says the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Illinois dropped 62.5 percent last year. The group released its annual "Audit of Anti-Semitic Inc...
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Illinois superdelegates say presidential race must continueMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Key Illinois Democrats said Wednesday that party leaders shouldn't try to force an end to the presidential nomination battle, even though several see virt...
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Women voters lining up behind Clinton againMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Five days after Hillary Clinton finished a disappointing third in the Iowa primary, women voters were widely credited with boosting her to victory in New Hampshire. When...
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Police saying litle about discovery of woman, boyfriend along I-55Mar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - ODELL -- Illinois State Police is releasing little information about the case of a woman who was found in a ditch along Interstate 55 near Odell earlier this week and la...
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February 2008 the wettest on record in IllinoisMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The state climatologist says last month was the wettest February in Illinois since records started being kept in 1895. The 4.48 inches of precipitation Illi...
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State lawmakers to investigate misdirected church grant, pardonMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - A panel of state lawmakers plans to probe a $1 million grant mistakenly awarded by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to a Chicago school, while also investigating the circumstances i...