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VA says more Marion surgeons placed on leave; Durbin pledges legislationNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Sen. Dick Durbin pledged Tuesday to push federal legislation to reform hiring practices at Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide after the VA revealed three more doctors...
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Advice to Ryan: You can't change things nowNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - If Ambrosio Medrano has any piece of advice for George Ryan, it's this: Don't "dwell on what's happened. A person can become pretty bitter," said the former Chicago alde...
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Police investigating their use of Taser on 82-year-old womanNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago Police are investigating an officer's use of a Taser on an 82-year-old woman. Spokeswoman Monique Bond says the officer used a Taser to shock Lillian Fletcher on...
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One dead, three injured in apartment fireNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - A man was killed and three people were injured yesterday in an apartment fire on the city's North Side. Fire Department Commander Will Knight says the fire at the three-...
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George Ryan, convicted of graft, leaves a legacy of distrustNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- George Ryan never was an angel. Illinois voters knew when they elected him governor that he was an old-school politician who rewarded friends and punished...
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Ryan's lawyers make their case for bailNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - The U.S. government made its case Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing in writing that former Gov. George Ryan should go to prison Wednesday as scheduled. Not to be...
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SIUE students accused of kidnapping, battery with freshly baked cookiesNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a drug d...
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Illinois briefsNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Paul campaign office open: Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a Texas congressman, will have an open house for his new Illinois campaign office between 7 and 9 ...
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Seal at Chicago zoo dies after surgeryNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Officials at the Lincoln Park Zoo say a 36-year-old harbor seal is dead following a surgery. Betsy the seal went into cardiac arrest after the exploratory procedure over...
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Keep teens off school boards, group saysNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Teenagers often are encouraged to participate in community service. But an elected high school board position might be removed from the list of possibilities. Elected sc...