Articles filed under Illinois
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Judge strikes down malpractice capsNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A judge threw out Illinois' law placing caps on some medical malpractice lawsuit awards Tuesday, reigniting debate over one of the Legislature's most contentious issues....
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Legislators thwart Blagojevich's health care end runNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's emergency government health care expansion was blocked Tuesday by lawmakers who doubted the emergency and questioned his motivation. Un...
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Madigan walks out of heated meeting of state's top politiciansNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois most powerful politicians walked out of a heated meeting today with no deal but with promises to assemble again as early as this afternoon. Left on the table: n...
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Nun from suburbs pleads no contest to sexually abusing schoolboys in '60sNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - A 79-year-old Roman Catholic nun from the South suburbs pleaded no contest Monday to two counts of indecent behavior with a child for asexual encounters with two male st...
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Blagojevich's health-care expansion getting hard lookNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A panel of lawmakers today could decide the fate of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's unilateral attempt to expand health care to thousands of additional families, a...
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Cardinal George set to lead U.S. bishopsNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The nation's Roman Catholic bishops are expected to elect Chicago's archbishop to lead the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the once powerful body that's bidding to ...
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Illinois has most vanity platesNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- URSOVAIN, Virginia. You too, New Hampshire, Illinois, Nevada and Montana. For the first time, a national group has surveyed states to determine which ha...
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Lt. Gov. calls for probe into vet firingNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn says he wants Governor Rod Blagojevich to investigate the firing of 20 people -- including 17 veterans --- from security jobs at...
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A knack for finding artifactsNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - BUZZVILLE -- At first glance, the reddish object along the Illinois River shoreline appeared to be nothing more than a rock. Not to Carol Waymire. Twenty years of wander...
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State investigating all-time lows in high school test scoresNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Education officials plan to hire an independent auditor to look into why Illinois high school students posted all-time low scores on an achievement exam. ...