Articles filed under Illinois
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Who is Christopher G. Kelly?Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Kelly, 49 of Burr Ridge, is a roofing contractor turned key consultant and top fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich, donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to his camp...
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Briefs: College tightens oversightDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago State University trustees have taken steps to tighten their control over school finances. The move comes after a published report this week that the university b...
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Let Gore uncover Venus' warmingDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - As explained in the Daily Herald, it seems that Venus and Earth were virtual twins at one time many years ago. Over time as Venus went through changes, its oceans disapp...
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Bloomington waitress wants stolen ashes of slain son returnedDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Twenty-two-year-old Bloomington waitress Donetta Ernst is pleading for whoever stole the ashes of her slain 3-year-old son, Logan Bratton, to return them....
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Authorities exhume body hoping to solve 1985 murder of studentDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - LA CROSSE, Wis. -- The unsolved murder of a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse senior has baffled detectives for more than 20 years, but investigators haven't given up ho...
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Blagojevich fundraiser, adviser indicted in corruption investigationDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Following the well-worn path it has taken to the heights of Illinois government before, the U.S. Attorney's office took another step up the ladder in Gov. Rod Blagojevic...
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Gambling expansion stalls in wake of indictmentsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The political fallout from the indictment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's friend and gambling adviser began today as a potential vote next week on a massive stat...
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Lawmakers not warm to state buying Wrigley FieldDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Leading state lawmakers were stunned to hear the state might be considering buying Wrigley Field to possibly ease the pending sale of the Chicago Cubs. Bo...
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Illinois Department of Agriculture seizes $6 million worth of grainDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - CANTON -- The state has seized about $6 million worth of grain held in bins in central Illinois. Illinois Department of Agriculture spokesman Jeff Squibb says it's suspe...
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Peterson lawyer: Authorities should return items seized in probeDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Guns, two vehicles and other items seized from Drew Peterson's Bolingbrook home after his wife disappeared should be returned, an attorney for the former police officer ...