Articles filed under Illinois
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3 charged in 2-year-old boy's deathJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - ALTON -- Madison County prosecutors have charged the parents of a two-year-old Alton boy and another woman with first-degree murder in the child's death. Authorities say...
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School aid again falls victim to politicsJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Promised millions of dollars in extra state funding months ago, school districts across Illinois learned Friday they'll be waiting even longer. Gov. Rod B...
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War divides Republican Senate hopefulsJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- None of the three candidates vying for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination want to set a specific timetable for getting troops out of Iraq, but they dif...
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Obama's Iowa victory speech brings double takesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- If you heard Barack Obama's Iowa victory speech, you might conclude Illinois has universal health care. "I'll be a president who finally makes health care...
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Kucinich challenges decision to exclude three from debatesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Repub...
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Bottled water tax challengedJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Retailers are fighting Chicago's new tax on bottled water. Industry groups allege the 5-cent-a-bottle tax is unconstitutional in a lawsuit filed Friday in Cook County. ...
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Kreskin offers his help in Peterson caseJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A celebrity mentalist is offering his services in the search for Stacy Peterson, the missing 23-year-old mother from suburban Bolingbrook. The Amazing Kreskin says the ...
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2 plead innocent in loan fraud caseJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A former fundraiser to Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges of loan fraud, as did a new defendant in the case. Antoin "Tony" Rezko of Wilmette...
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New Rockford leader has local tiesJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Rockford College has announced a new president for the four-year liberal arts school. Robert Head is currently the president of Urbana University in Ohio. He...
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Our opportunity and obligationJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - We have what's shaped up to be the most unpredictable and competitive presidential election in nearly six decades. A rare window of opportunity is opening. Our primary e...