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Judge allows bond for Jesuit priest charged with molesting boysNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a Jesuit priest accused of molesting a boy he traveled with on an overseas trip released on $50,000 bail. U.S. Magistrate Judge Arland...
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Student accused of torture with cookies was frat leaderNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- One of two Southern Illinois University students accused of kidnapping, paddling and burning a young man with freshly baked cookies is a fraternity and s...
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Reimbursement rates are too lowNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - A new study reveals Illinois reimburses foster parents at a rate far below the actual costs of caring for a foster child, according to a report released in October by th...
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Ryan's new home isn't the RitzNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - George Ryan's new home ain't the Ritz. The federal prison camp at Oxford, Wis., where the 73-year-old former governor is due to check in Wednesday starts its workday at ...
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Judge denies trial postponement for mother charged in daughter's deathNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - PEKIN -- A judge has ruled that a former Morton pathologist accused of suffocating her 3-year-old autistic daughter with a garbage bag will go to trial next month. Karen...
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Middle schooler is given detention for hugging 2 friends at schoolNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MASCOUTAH -- Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter. The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of...
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Leaders report slow progress in talks on construction, transitNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State officials say they're off to a good start as they take advantage of the latest reprieve from a mass transit crisis. Governor Rod Blagojevich met wit...
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Defense opens case in Liberty City 7 terrorism trialNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- The leader of a group of men on trial for allegedly plotting to topple Chicago's Sears Tower took the witness stand in his own defense Tuesday, describing his f...
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Look to Iran for clues on how to address the crisis in PakistanNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- As we struggle to make sense of the political crisis in Pakistan, it's useful to think back nearly 30 years to the protests that toppled the Shah of Iran an...
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Girl gets detentions for hugsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MASCOUTAH, Ill. -- Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter. The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displ...