Articles filed under Illinois
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Hastert leaving early, or is he?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Aides say former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert now plans to resign from Congress sooner than expected -- though he himself isn't confirming that....
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Police find SIUE student named in university alertOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Police say they've found a student named as a "potential threat" in a campus-wide e-mail sent to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community....
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U of I department loses its head -- and wants it backOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - URBANA -- University of Illinois officials will take a closer look at this year's Halloween displays for a donated human skull that is missing from the anthropology depa...
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Tracks should have casino gamblingOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The recent impasse between the executive and legislative branches of state government offers a good opportunity to revisit the issue of horse racing in Illinois and the ...
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Hail, high winds pummel parts of IllinoisOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Quick-moving storms drove across the state Thursday, delivering high winds, hail and tornado warnings and knocking out power to thousands, authorities said. The National...
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SIUE faculty senate calls for Poshard's resignationOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- The faculty senate at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville passed a resolution Thursday asking for the system's embattled president to resign over p...
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Briefs: Slain boy wasn't targetOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago police say the bullet that killed 10-year-old Arthur Jones several blocks from his South Side home Wednesday was probably meant for someone else. "At this point,...
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Briefs: Senators want a hearingOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois' two U.S. senators called on federal regulators Wednesday to hold a public hearing on a proposed wastewater permit for U.S. Steel's Gary Works mill that recentl...
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Governor's income dropsOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his wife's combined income dropped last year, although they made money off a major campaign contributor. After getting a six-mont...
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Official under Blagojevich resignsOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A high-level official in an agency under Gov. Rod Blagojevich has resigned during a review of his ties to a company doing business with the state. Mark Ko...