Articles filed under Illinois
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Advice to Ryan: You can't change things nowNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - If Ambrosio Medrano has any piece of advice for George Ryan, it's this: Don't "dwell on what's happened. A person can become pretty bitter," said the former Chicago alde...
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George Ryan, convicted of graft, leaves a legacy of distrustNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- George Ryan never was an angel. Illinois voters knew when they elected him governor that he was an old-school politician who rewarded friends and punished...
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Ryan's lawyers make their case for bailNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - The U.S. government made its case Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing in writing that former Gov. George Ryan should go to prison Wednesday as scheduled. Not to be...
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SIUE students accused of kidnapping, battery with freshly baked cookiesNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a drug d...
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Illinois briefsNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Paul campaign office open: Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a Texas congressman, will have an open house for his new Illinois campaign office between 7 and 9 ...
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Keep teens off school boards, group saysNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Teenagers often are encouraged to participate in community service. But an elected high school board position might be removed from the list of possibilities. Elected sc...
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'Transformers' star arrested in ChicagoNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested in Chicago on misdemeanor charges Actor Shia LaBeouf faces misdemeanor criminal trespassing charges following an incident at a Chicago drug s...
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Ex-president: Friendship with Bill won't aid HillaryNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Former President George H.W. Bush says the post-White House friendship he has nurtured with the man who turned him out of office won't make him go any easi...
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Sister of missing woman fears her sibling is deadNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - The sister of the missing wife of a suburban Chicago police sergeant said she believes Stacy Peterson is dead. "I'm just going to find her, bring her home and bring whoe...
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Unidentified 'River Man' case frustrates St. Louis policeNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- His remains are on a gurney in a small room kept at 5 degrees in the St. Louis city morgue. A numbered tag identifies him as 2007-1244, but frustrated inves...