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  1. 'Innocence Project' Not So Innocent? Prosecutors: Students Paid for...Read the original story w/Photo

    3 min ago | ABC News

    ... they have evidence that shows Anthony McKinney, who has been serving time behind bars for 31 years, is innocent. (Illinois Department of Corrections) Thirty students from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism Innocence Project spent three years ...

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    Related Topix: Journalism, Northwestern University, Violent Crime, Illinois Government, Prison

  2. Family, Patriot Guard to escort soldier's bodyRead the original story

    19 min ago | WLS

    ... at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Army Private Najee Hull, of south suburban Homewood, may be heading back to Illinois to recover from gunshot wounds he suffered in the Fort Hood massacre. His mother, Yvonne, was with him at a military hospital ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  3. Local help available for those with Medicare questionsRead the original story

    26 min ago | Lincoln Daily News

    ... to assist with enrollment in senior pharmaceutical assistance programs: Logan County -- Senior Services of Central Illinois, 1-800-252-2516 Senior Citizens of Logan County, 217-732-6132 [Text from file received from Area Agency on Aging for ...

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    Related Topix: Medicare, Health

  4. Foreclosures dip 3 pct. in October from SeptemberRead the original story

    26 min ago | Lincoln Daily News

    ... rate for the 34th month in a row, followed by California, Florida, Arizona and Idaho. Rounding out the top 10 were Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, Maryland and Utah. Among cities, Las Vegas had the highest rate, the report showed. One in 68 homes there ...

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing

  5. N.J. at risk of economic calamity, study saysRead the original story

    28 min ago | Philly.com

    ... to a new study by the Pew Center on the States. Others in fiscal peril are Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island, the study authors warned. The states' "fiscal situations are widely expected to worsen even ...

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  6. Pagans Reach Out To Community At WorkshopRead the original story

    31 min ago | Wren's Nest

    Author: Nora Ibrahim Source: The Daily Illini (Univ. of Illinois) Title: PAGANS REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY AT WORKSHOP Pagans of the Champaign-Urbana area reach out to followers and non-Pagans alike to foster discussion of their faith - partially to ...

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    Related Topix: Pagan/Wiccan

  7. Youth About Business Announces its National Summer Business Camp ChampionRead the original story

    37 min ago | Business Wire

    Youth About Business , a 501 3 not-for-profit corporation that provides leadership training for youth in underserved communities, today announced that three high school teams from Texas, Illinois and New York will convene at the New York Stock Exchange to find out who will be the national champion of the 2009 YAB National Summer Business Camp ...

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  8. Illinois/Wisconsin briefsRead the original story

    41 min ago | Telegraph Herald

    ... Shelter organizers want to have it open by next month. Commission: Millions left in student loans CHICAGO -- The Illinois Student Assistance Commission says it still has $66 million for low-interest, federally secured loans to students for the ...

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    Related Topix: Elgin, IL, Streamwood, IL, Kane County, IL

  9. Illinois: Man sentenced to deathRead the original story

    41 min ago | Telegraph Herald

    ... girl kidnapped from her home 26 years ago -- a case that helped lead to landmark death penalty reforms in Illinois, including a moratorium on executions. Patricia Nicarico gasped and put her hand over her mouth as a bailiff announced that Brian ...

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    Related Topix: Wheaton, IL, Death Penalty

  10. Herman withdraws his name for NMSU presidencyRead the original story

    46 min ago | News-Gazette Technology Stories

    URBANA Richard Herman, former chancellor at the University of Illinois' Urbana campus, removed himself from consideration as the next president of New Mexico State University on Tuesday.

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    Related Topix: New Mexico State University

  11. Homecoming is today for about 70 Peoria soldiersRead the original story

    46 min ago | News-Gazette Technology Stories

    PEORIA - About 70 Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers who served in Afghanistan over the last year are expected to return home today.

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    Related Topix: Peoria, IL

  12. Governor Quinn Announces Comprehensive Agreement for CTA and Paratransit Fare FreezeRead the original story

    49 min ago | Mass Transit

    ... Transit Authority and Pace paratransit services in 2010 and 2011. The agreement was made between the State of Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and Pace. "Access to affordable and reliable ...

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  13. Sides Stay Up to Speed on Illinois High-Speed Rail PlanRead the original story

    49 min ago | Mass Transit

    ... to get an update on an application for federal money to bring high-speed rail service to the line. The meeting at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center was closed to the media but included Gary Hannig, secretary of the Illinois Department ...

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    Related Topix: Normal, IL, Illinois State University

  14. GM moves to open new dealershipsRead the original story

    55 min ago | Detroit Free Press

    ... News reported Wednesday that at least a dozen wound-down dealers -- in places such as Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Colorado and Massachusetts -- have received the invitation. GM has spent the year reducing its dealer network in an effort ...

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    Related Topix: Automakers, General Motors, Detroit, MI, Autos

  15. Illinois woman charged with murder after running down teenRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Belleville News

    Kane County authorities have charged a Streamwood woman with two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly using her car to crush an Elgin teenager.

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    Related Topix: Kane County, IL, Streamwood, IL, Elgin, IL, St. Charles, IL

  16. American Indian storyteller presents 'Creation Story'Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Belleville.com

    The ancient Native American tales of a master storyteller will spring to life this weekend during Dance in Concert 2009 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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  17. Bald Knob Cross landmark's makeover presses onRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WAND-TV Decatur

    The makeover of an 11-story landmark cross in southern Illinois is in full swing.

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    Related Topix: Alto Pass, IL

  18. Morning ShortsRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Capitol Fax Blog

    ... recovery. Chicago City Council members are scheduled to hold their final day of budget hearings today. * Thursday Illinois political docket: Daley talks about snow removal, CTA to vote on service cuts * Lacking business license, Flowers' new site ...

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    Related Topix: Sledding, Winter Sports

  19. Foreclosures dip 3 pct. in October from SeptemberRead the original story

    26 min ago | Lincoln Daily News

    ... rate for the 34th month in a row, followed by California, Florida, Arizona and Idaho. Rounding out the top 10 were Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, Maryland and Utah. Among cities, Las Vegas had the highest rate, the report showed. One in 68 homes there ...

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing

  20. Cross endorses McKenna - Plus: AP notices tea party debateRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Capitol Fax Blog

    ... I'm trying to relax these days, it seems that another political commercial for a candidate running for governor of Illinois appears. There's a Republican candidate running a spot about the "Culture of the Hair" in Illinois. A Blagojevich-type wig ...

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    Related Topix: Rod Blagojevich, US Governors, US News, Activism, US Politics, Al Gore