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pjstar.com Tri-County RSS (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The man who ended a police chase by driving his car into the Illinois River and then swimming away early Monday faces a host of charges, including about 40 traffic citations. Aaron L. Slaughter, 36, of 514 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, was arrested about 6:50 Monday in the attic of a neighbor's home in the 500 block of that street, authorities said. After Slaughter resisted officers, he was taken to OSF...
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Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
No one’s happy about the economy right now and it doesn’t seem that anyone is happy about the stimulus package either. Whether someone is shouting socialism or directing other vitriol at President Obama or some fuzzy numbers and bad data show up in the records, the stimulus package can’t seem to get a break. Now, the Chicago Tribune reports that the $6.4 billion Illinois received...
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Aguanomics (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting of the International Water Resource Economics Consortium at Berkeley. Many big wheels were presenting (Dinar, Hanemann, Howitt, Libecap, Olmstead, Zilberman and others who are probably more famous than I know :) and others were in the audience, giving comments, questions and suggestions. (All the best stuff happened between talks, of course.) Here are a few notes:*...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
URBANA -- The University of Illinois plans to hold public forums on its three campuses in December to seek input on the search for a new president. The university says the committee is starting to build a pool of applicants. Forums will be held Dec. 2 at the Chicago campus, Dec. 3 at the flagship campus in Urbana-Champaign, and Dec. 8 in Springfield. The university wants to hire a replacement for...
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ILLINOIZE (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Articles of interest to Illinois Republicans recently posted by ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Daily Herald, Suburban Chicago News, Suburban Life, Pioneer Local, Southtown Star, Rockford Register Star, Bloomington Pantagraph, Peoria Journal Star, Springfield State Journal Register, Belleville News Democrat, Southern Illinoisan, Illinois Review, Public...
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Big Government (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Everyone knows that things in Springfield, Illinois are broken. Everyone knows that the government of the State of Illinois is inefficient and corrupt. That’s all true, however, to truly understand the problems in Springfield, we must look at the structure of the legislature. By its design, the legislature in Springfield consolidates all power in the hands [...]
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Mizozo (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
How would you like to discover that one of the most infamous murderers and cult leaders of all time is your father? Just ask Matthew Roberts, a 41-year-old Los Angelese DJ. Roberts grew up in Rockford, Illinois, but only discovered he was adopted when his sister told him at age 10. His adoptive father told him "nothing good" would come of discovering who his real parents were, but Roberts...
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pjstar.com Tri-County RSS (Free subscription) | yesterday
Authorities spent Monday searching the Illinois River for a man who disappeared earlier that morning after a police pursuit ended with his car submerged. The car was pulled from the river just before 10 a.m. While one of the men in the car swam to safety and was taken into custody, Tazewell County Sheriff Bob Huston said there are no signs that the second man, identified as Aaron L. Slaughter, 36,...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first financial report detailing federal stimulus spending for Illinois is in, detailing more than $6.4 billion given to 6,100-plus recipients. The beneficiaries include major research universities and public housing, cities with worn-out roads and unincorporated towns seeking cleaner water. The money overhauled CTA stations and underwrote a study of artificial hips. It let a Peoria health clinic...
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Bill Baar's West Side (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Proft Press Release. This is why I like they guy. He's not afraid to throw a few rocks and team up with Obama's Spiritual Advisor on an issue where African Americans have long been stiffed by the Democrat / Teacher's Union strangle hold on schools. Meeks Provides Model for ILGOP on K-12: Take the Fight not the Money November 23, 2009 You cannot be on the dole of the teachers’ unions and be...
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Advance Indiana (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's a tough time for Illinois officials. The head of the Sangamon County Circuit Clerk's passport and traffic division was found dead in Lake Michigan near Buckingham Fountain in Chicago. Matthew Dennison was attending an Association of Illinois County Officials meeting in Chicago with his boss, Sangamon County Circuit Clerk Tony Libri, according to the Chicago Tribune, which reports the following...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
QUINCY, IL (MARKET WIRE) Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE Amex: MBR) today announced its plan to remedy noncompliance with a continued listing standard of the NYSE Amex LLC ("NYSE Amex"), relating to its delay in filing the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. The Company's common stock is listed for exchange on NYSE Amex.
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LifeNews.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Springfield, IL (LifeNews.com) -- The on again, off again nature of the Illinois parental notification law reads like the script of a soap opera because the status of the relationship between the law and the courts changes so frequently. In the latest turn of events, a circuit court judge decided to uphold a restraining order.
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kareygriffithpk | 11/15/2009
Strong Law Offices represents injury victims throughout central and Northern Illinois in compensation and medical treatment for work place injury.
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landonconnerjf | 11/13/2009
http://www.workcomplawil.com/ John Lesaganich, P.C., Attorney at Law deals in workers’ compensation cases including traumatic injuries and disability throughout Peoria, IL. workers compensation lawyer,compensation attorney,injury lawyer
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Financial Aid | 07/14/2009
I am currently attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I am paying my tuition costs with nothing but student loans, and with a cost of about ,000 a year, I am going to be poor when I graduate. Does anyone have any good advice on how I...
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