Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawmakers eye more casinos to fund constructionSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A plan to add three new casinos to finance billions of dollars of construction across the state is expected to emerge next week, pushed by growing concern...
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Hillary is battle-tested from her lifetime of strugglesSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - As the serious stage of the presidential campaign begins this fall, Hillary Rodham Clinton has clearly established herself in the lead of the race for the Democratic nom...
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Report says Great Lakes cleanup would boost economySep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A proposed restoration of the Great Lakes would generate at least $50 billion in economic gains _ twice as much as the cleanup would cost, accord...
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Briefs: Jury starts deliberationsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - After listening to 10 weeks of testimony and arguments in Chicago's biggest mob trial in years, jurors began deliberating the fate of five defendants Tuesday. Jurors hav...
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Lawmakers: School cash a victim of politicsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich "repeatedly misled" school districts across the state about the status of long-awaited construction dollars and used those districts ...
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Lawmakers ditch bailout plan for Chicago transitSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers rejected a multimillion-dollar bailout of the Chicago region's transit agencies Tuesday, a move that not only threatens to curtail bus ser...
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Truck hits American Airlines plane at O'Hare; no injuriesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Authorities say an American Eagle truck backed into an American Airlines plane Monday morning as the aircraft was leaving its departure gate at O'Hare International Airp...
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Illinois House blocks tax to aid mass transitSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD _ A plan to prop up the Chicago area's struggling mass transit systems failed Tuesday in the Illinois House, despite warnings of impending fee increases and ...
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R. Kelly trial delayed againSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago R&B singer R. Kelly's trial on child pornography charges was delayed yet again today. Court officials could not say when it might be rescheduled. Kelly, 40, was ...
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2, dead, 12 hurt when van flips on Stevenson ExpresswaySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A Labor Day crash on an expressway southwest of Chicago killed a teenage girl and an adult man, and injured 12 others -- all temporary workers on their way home from a j...