Articles filed under Illinois
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SAT scores down nationwide, but improve in IllinoisAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Average math and reading SAT scores fell four points for the high school class of 2007 to their lowest mark since 1999 - although students in Illinois bucked the trend. ...
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$400,000 in cocaine found at O'HareAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - About $400,000 of cocaine was seized from the hollow frames of four metal vehicle tow bars on a cargo flight that flew into O'Hare International Airport on Monday, polic...
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Woman rescued after five hours in the riverAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Carpentersville fire rescue personnel pulled a 48-year-old Carpentersville woman from the Fox River this morning about five hours after she fell into the water. While wa...
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Law bans harassing by debt collectorsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Governor Rod Blagojevich Monday signed a new law to help protect Illinoisans from harassment calls from debt collectors. Senate Bill 1398 limits the amoun...
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Chicago-area student attacked on campusAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOULDER, Colo. -- A University of Colorado freshman was slashed with a knife Monday in an apparently random attack outside the school's student center. Michael George Kn...
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Schaumburg man gets 25 years for drunk-driving deathsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Schaumburg man who killed two children when he slammed, drunk. into a family minivan two years ago was sentenced today to 25 years in prison. Ralph Pollock, 48, ple...
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Golfer dies after being hit with tree limb during stormAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A 67-year-old Florida man suffered a fatal blow to the head during Thursday's storms when he was hit by a falling tree limb at a DuPage County golf course, autopsy resul...
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Iraqi leader fires backAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's embattled prime minister lashed out at American critics Sunday, saying Sen. Hillary Clinton and other Democrats who have called for his ouster should "...
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Teen doesn't want Navy scholarshipAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Teen declines Navy ROTC scholarship after it's offered again The Navy offered the scholarship, then rescinded the money, then offered it again last week. But family memb...
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Closing arguments to begin this afternoon in mob trialAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Closing arguments in the Family Secrets mob trial were to begin this afternoon. today, the judge in the case indicated after all sides rested this morning. There was lit...