Illinois junior Scheyer choses Duke over Illini (Sports Illustrated)

NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) -- Though his high school basketball coach is the brother of Illinois' Bruce Weber, Glenbrook North junior all-stater Jon Scheyer announced Tuesday he will play college hoops for the Blue Demons over the Illini.
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Illinois Court Awards Dimplex Enhanced Patent Damages and Enters Permanent Injunction against CFM Corporation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Dimplex North America Limited announced today that the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago has ruled in its favor on several post trial motions and has entered final judgment for damages in the amount of US $12.4 million in favor of Dimplex in its patent infringement suit against CFM and Vermont Castings.
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Barack Obama: The Junior Senator from Illinois answers our questions about health care (Southern Illinoisan)

Q. What is YOUR message about healthcare to the residents of southern Illinois? A. I believe health care is a right for everyone, not a privilege for the few.
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Bond set for Illinois man accused in South Dakota rapes (Sioux City Journal)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- An Illinois man accused of raping two 14-year-old Sioux Falls girls is in the Minnehaha County Jail on a $200,000 cash bond.
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Illinois Lotto grand prize now $5 million (Belleville News-Democrat)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The jackpot for the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game has grown to $5 million. The rollover occurred because no player matched all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing. The next Lotto drawing will be Saturday night.
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Jim Brady Urges Illinois Governor to Sign the Right Gun Violence Bills (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)

James Brady, former press secretary to President Ronald Reagan who was wounded in the assassination attempt on the President, sent the following letter to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich this afternoon
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20 charged with illegally selling Indiana cigarettes in Illinois (South Bend Tribune)

HAMMOND, Ind. — Twenty people, including two from Indiana, face federal charges for their part in a ring that investigators said acquired cigarettes in Indiana then sold them across the border in Illinois without paying taxes.
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Priest from Illinois to succeed Fort Worth bishop (Kansas City Star)

FORT WORTH, Texas - (KRT) - Monsignor Kevin W. Vann of Illinois has been named co-adjutor bishop of the Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese and will succeed ailing Bishop Joseph Delaney when he retires, church officials announced this week.
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Illinois WR Williams joins Hall (Chicago Sun-Times)

NEW YORK -- Illinois wide receiver David Williams is among 11 players and two coaches newly elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. The class of 2005 was announced Wednesday.
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Gordon Homer Lifts Nebraska Past Western Illinois (CSTV's College Sports)

No. 7 Huskers record 3-2 victory on Wednesday. LINCOLN, Neb - Behind Alex Gordon's 16th homer of the year and strong performances by a pair of freshmen, the seventh-ranked Nebraska baseball team improved to 43-12 on the season with a 3-2 victory over Western Illinois Wednesday afternoon.
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Illinois eyes legal fight over Guard move (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said her office is talking with lawmakers about taking legal action over the Pentagon’s recommendation to move the Air National Guard’s 183rd Fighter Wing from Springfield to Fort Wayne.
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Aide To Illinois GOP Leader Indicted (NBC 5 Chicago)

CHICAGO -- An aide to former Illinois House Republican leader Lee Daniels has been indicted on federal charges alleging he directed state employees to do campaign work on state time.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Another wonderful week has passed here in Marion as summer is fast approaching. I can hardly believe that we moved back to Southern Illinois in October because it feels like we have been her all of our lives and California is just a distant memory.
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Eastern Illinois Softball: Short, Karos first-team All-OVC (Journal Gazette & Times Courier)

CHARLESTON -- Eastern Illinois offensive leaders Sandyn Short and Rachel Karos have been named to the Ohio Valley all-conference softball first team. Short was selected as the top catcher in the league and Karos, one of four infielders on the first team, took premier third baseman honors.
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New program trains lay Catholics to assume duties typically for priests (Belleville News-Democrat)

ST. LOUIS - A Catholic graduate school has chosen more than two dozen Missouri and Illinois parishes to take part in a new program that trains lay people to assume some duties typically handled by priests.
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Breaking News: Illinois escapes major closures but takes job hit in Pentagon list (Daily Herald)

Posted at 8:50 a.m. WASHINGTON - Illinois would lose nearly 2,700 military and civilian jobs under base closures recommended today by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but the state's major military installations would remain open.
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Illinois keeps major bases, but loses jobs (Peoria Journal Star)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois would lose nearly 2,700 military and civilian jobs under base closures recommended Friday by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but the state's major military installations would remain open.
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Scott AFB big winner in Illinois in latest wave of base closures (Kansas City Star)

MASCOUTAH, Ill. - Using wireless e-mail devices and cell phones, federal lawmakers from Illinois went high-tech in gleefully breaking long-awaited news Friday: Scott Air Force Base got spared in the latest wave of recommended U.S. base closures.
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Illinois escapes major base closures but takes jobs hit (The Beacon News)

WASHINGTON — Illinois would lose nearly 2,700 military and civilian jobs under base closures recommended Friday by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but the state's major military installations would remain open.
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Illinois takes job hit but escapes major base closures (Sun-Sentinel)

WASHINGTON -- Illinois would lose nearly 2,700 military and civilian jobs under base closures recommended Friday by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but the state's major military installations would remain open.
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