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ISU investigates graffiti threatening 'next NIU'Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - NORMAL -- Illinois State University police are investigating graffiti found in a dorm bathroom that references this month's shootings at Northern Illinois University. Po...
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Group home director outFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The director of the Maryville Academy Farm Campus in Durand, a group home for troubled girls, has left his job after a background check uncovered previously undisclosed ...
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Lawmakers push for income tax increaseFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Only a week after the governor said taxpayers are overburdened and need a break, his allies in the Illinois Senate responded by pushing higher taxes. An I...
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Gun advocates say NIU is being usedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gun advocates accused lawmakers of trying to politically capitalize on the Northern Illinois University shootings by pressing ahead Wednesday with a series...
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Carjacking victim killedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A carjacking victim is dead after authorities say he tried to stop the crime by clinging to the outside of his speeding vehicle while it drove onto Chicago's Dan Ryan Ex...
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Cole Hall to be demolishedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Less than two weeks after the deadly rampage in Cole Hall, Northern Illinois University officials Wednesday announced plans to demolish the 40-year-old building and repl...
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Stroger's budget plan protects wasteFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - During the past several weeks, I have received numerous letters and emails from law enforcement leaders concerning the Cook County budget debate. The impetus for these l...
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We'll never know why it happenedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Ever since the shootings at NIU, everyone asks why? I think there's really no good answer to that question other than the young man was mentally deficient and off the d...
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College system runs utility deficitFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A state audit has found a $117 million deficit in the University of Illinois' utilities budget. The Illinois auditor general said in a report this week that...
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Governor: Feds' claim in fraud trial 'doesn't describe me'Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Wednesday he doesn't know why he's mentioned as part of a federal fraud trial against his top fundraiser. A federal judge identified Blagojevic...