Articles filed under Illinois
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Dennis Hastert released from Minnesota prisonJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been released from prison in Minnesota and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility, according to Federal B...
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Illinois pilot, Kansas airport manager die in plane crashJul 17, 2017 7:00 am - CUMMINGS, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say an Illinois pilot and his passenger have died after a World War II-era P-51 Mustang fighter crashed one day after it flew in a fest...
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Illinois man gets 11 life terms in child sex assault caseJul 17, 2017 7:00 am - GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man has been given 11 life sentences after he was convicted of sexually assaulting three children under age 13. The (Arlington He...
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Suburbs left scrambling as McDonald's, other firms relocate to big citiesJul 17, 2017 1:00 am - Visitors to the McDonald's wooded corporate campus enter on a driveway named for the late chief executive Ray Kroc, then turn onto Ronald Lane before reaching Hamburger ...
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McDonald's free ice cream promotion marred by app glitchJul 17, 2017 1:00 am - A McDonald's promotion for free ice cream cones to celebrate National Ice Cream Day went awry over a glitch with the fast food giant's mobile app. McDonald's offered a f...
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Judge OKs DNA results even though testing used up sampleJul 16, 2017 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A judge says prosecutors can present DNA evidence in a central Illinois man's sexual abuse trial even though investigators used all of a DNA sam...
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'Jr. Rangers' offered I & M canal activities in July, AugustJul 16, 2017 7:00 am - LASALLE, Ill. (AP) - The I & M Canal National Heritage Area will have "Junior Ranger" days on July 27 and Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The National Park Service Junior...
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Illinois judge to rule next month on DNA in ex-Marine's caseJul 16, 2017 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois judge will rule next month on whether DNA evidence can be used at the trial of a former Marine accused of fatally stabbing two ...
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From Illinois to South Carolina, where to see the total-eclipse crossingJul 16, 2017 7:00 am - Michelle Nichols speaks with such passion and poetry about the moon passing in front of the sun that she can inspire someone with even the smallest sliver of astronomica...
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Peoria to do more to monitor illegal fireworks next July 4thJul 15, 2017 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - One central Illinois city is already thinking ahead to next year's July Fourth and warning the public it'll monitor the use of illegal fireworks more...