Articles filed under Illinois
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Court strikes down strip club taxDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Exotic dance clubs shouldn't have to pay it. That's a state appellate court ruling regarding amusement taxes collected by Chicago and Cook County. The First District App...
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Feds probing fatal downstate plane crashDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Federal transportation officials are investigating a small plane crash in central Illinois that left three men dead earlier this week. National Transporta...
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Durbin touts new fuel efficiency standardsDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Michaela Eby admits she cringes every time she has to fill her 2005 Acura MDX. This morning was no different for the Lombard resident who spent more than $45 to fill her...
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Court documents suggest governor knew of fund schemesDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - For the first time since they began indicting members of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's inner circle, federal prosecutors alleged Friday that a witness says the governor intimat...
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10 arrested in online prostitution ringDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - The Cook County sheriff's office said 10 people have been charged with being part of an online prostitution ring operating in Illinois and Indiana. Authorities said the ...
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Governor's fundraiser pleads not guiltyDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief campaign fundraiser pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax charges and was allowed to stay free on bond provided he gets treatment for a g...
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Presidency hangs on illegal immigrationDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - If Social Security is the third rail of politics ("touch it and you die") for politicians, then immigration must be the next. No other issue has aroused the emotions of ...
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Chicago man shot outside downstate barDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois State Police say a Chicago man is hospitalized after being shot by officers outside a tavern in the southern Illinois town of Mounds. State police say officers ...
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Jury awards $15.5 million to Fox familyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - As Kevin Fox sat in the Will County jail while accused of killing his little girl, until freed eight months later on DNA evidence, he thought briefly about suicide. "But...
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Bit of a Nixon revival seen in the Clinton, Huckabee campaignsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In a political season that has become a '70s Show, a Richard Nixon revival infects both parties' primaries. Even Spiro Agnew -- Nixon's Nixon -- is being reprised. Hill...