Articles filed under Illinois
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Cops: Downstate hunter shoots himself, diesDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - JOHNSTON CITY, Ill. -- Authorities in Williamson County say a southern Illinois man died after accidentally shooting himself while hunting. Coroner Mike Burke says 53-ye...
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Authorities say apartment fire that left 3 dead could be arsonDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Oak Forest police are questioning two men in connection with an apartment fire that left three people dead. Oak Forest Fire Chief Jim Berger says the volume of the fire ...
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State carnival standards raisedDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - A new Illinois law requires background checks on workers who operate amusement park and carnival rides. Governor Rod Blagojevich says the law is designed to protect chi...
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Party switch leaves trail of hurt feelingsDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - On the 27th of June this year, a check from a Hinsdale physician with a history of supporting Republicans arrived in the campaign account of state Rep. Paul Froehlich. T...
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Scandal scars run deep, but this time I have faith in IlliniDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - History indicates Illinois was a shady football program each of the last two times it played in the Rose Bowl. Hmmmmm. In anticipation of the Fighting Illini's appearanc...
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Postcard from the Rose BowlDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Seeking a fresh start for the New Year (and donations for St. Baldrick's fight against children's cancer), I strolled down Wilshire Boulevard on...
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No one delivers a more powerful stump speech than ObamaDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Barack Obama has become a one-trick pony. But what a trick it is! The stump speech he has developed in the closing stages of the pre-Christmas campai...
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One employee dead after minor train derailment near AuroraDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - One railway employee is dead following a small train derailment near a lumber yard southwest of Aurora. Police were called to the scene of a partially overturned train...
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The political quotes of the yearDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Even by Illinois standards, 2007 turned into one doozy of a political year. Beneath the Capitol dome, there was turmoil and treachery -- and that was just...
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Longtime Tribune columnist diesDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Longtime Chicago Tribune columnist Terry Armour died unexpectedly Friday, the newspaper reported on its Web site. He was 46. Armour was taken to a hospital in Chicago wh...