Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawsuits, alcohol arrestsNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The doctor who performed a tummy tuck and breast reduction on the mother of Kanye West is a plastic surgeon to Hollywood's elite and something of a ...
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Area companies recall tortillas, coffee cookiesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Several Illinois companies announced recalls Tuesday. Chicago-based Del Rey Tortilleria Inc. recalled several products after health officials in Wisconsin suspected a li...
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Protest participants won't be suspended, returning to classNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Berwyn Schools Superintendent Ben Nowakowski says most students suspended over an anti-war protest at Morton West High School will be back in class Wednesday. He says no...
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Officer says he thought missing wife's divorce request due to hormonesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A Bolingbrook police sergeant whose fourth wife has disappeared said today that she had asked him for a divorce -- but he thought it was due to hormones. Dre...
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Couple faces prison time after guilty pleas in drug and dogfighting chargesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Monee couple faces prison after pleading guilty to drug and dogfighting charges. A Will County judge has sentenced 40-year-old Donald Hudgins to two years in prison an...
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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...