White House rips Durbin's remarks (Chicago Sun-Times)

WASHINGTON -- The White House and Senate Republicans on Thursday assailed Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin for comparing American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis, Soviet gulags and Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Saturday Morning Coffee: What will they find? Last Saturday afternoon it was a little warm outside, much like it is predicted to be today (at least the weather was calling for hot today the last time I checked).
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

CHESTER -- A Cahokia man suspected in a three-county crime spree, including an alleged burglary in Williamson County, is in the Randolph County Jail. Orlando Naylor, 36, was arrested on June 9 after a routine traffic stop in Randolph County.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

What's the Score? I have been going to Cardinal games for over two decades now, and it never gets old.
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Sufjan Stevens Expands Illinois Tour (Pitchfork)

You didn't think Sufjan Stevens could get away with releasing an album called Illinois without showing up in the Land of Lincoln, did you? Last month, Pitchfork reported a number of West Coast and Rocky Mountain dates.
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Asbestos at Oak Street beach (Chicago Sun-Times)

SPRINGFIELD -- A two-year state study gave a clean bill of health Thursday to asbestos-strewn Illinois Beach State Park but revealed new questions about the carcinogen turning up at one of Chicago's most heavily used beaches.
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Apparel maker Carhartt opts to stay in Galesburg (Belleville News-Democrat)

GALESBURG, Ill. - An apparel maker that considered moving 75 jobs to Mexico has decided to keep its sewing plant in this central Illinois city that lost nearly 1,900 jobs over the last year to the lure of cheaper labor.
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NIU tuition hike for freshmen nearly 10 percent (Daily Chronicle)

DeKALB - Northern Illinois University approved a tuition increase at Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting. A 9.75 percent increase was approved unanimously by the board for incoming freshmen and transfer students.
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Illinois Poison Center supports CDC's recommendations (The Prairie Advocate)

Experts at the Illinois Poison Center (IPC) support the recently announced Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation regarding the use of insect repellents that contain picaridin and the oil of lemon eucalyptus, Robin Antognoli, spokesman for the IPC said in a news release issued June 13. However, the IPC continues to recommend repellents containing DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide).
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Wreck on I-44 injures 2 from Illinois (Lebanon Daily Record)

Two people from Mount Vernon, Ill., were injured in a 3:25 p.m. wreck Wednesday that occurred three miles west of Lebanon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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SIU Issues Warnings After Deer Attacks (AP via Yahoo! News)

Seven people have been threatened or attacked by deer on Southern Illinois University's main campus over the past two weeks, prompting the school to post warnings about the animal aggressiveness they blame on fawning season and construction.
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Bar mention of Ryan's death penalty fight, feds urge judge (Belleville News-Democrat)

CHICAGO - Prosecutors urged a federal judge Friday to prevent former Gov. George Ryan's lawyers from telling the jury at his racketeering trial about his moratorium on capital punishment in Illinois and the other actions he took to prevent executions.
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Hartleb named new Illini baseball coach (CSTV's College Sports)

Champaign, IL (U-WIRE) -- University of Illinois Director of Athletics Ron Guenther announced the hiring of Dan Hartleb Wednesday as the 10th Fighting Illini head baseball coach. Hartleb has signed a four-year contract to coach the Illinois squad.
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from Idaho to Illinois (Idaho State Journal)

The Hofman family will be traveling 1,800 miles by bicycle from Star, Idaho, all because of a delightful 5-year-old named Halle Hofman. Halle, daughter of Cory and Stacey Hofman of Star, just outside of Boise, was born here in 2000 with a rare genetic bone disorder called Pfeiffer's Syndrome.
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PETA lawsuit puts elephant transfer on hold (Belleville News-Democrat)

CHICAGO - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has filed a federal lawsuit to block the transfer of four elephants from a northeast Illinois farm to an Oklahoma foundation that is affiliated with a circus.
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State trooper charged with misconduct in strip-down traffic stop (Belleville News-Democrat)

CHICAGO - An Illinois state police trooper has been suspended and charged with misconduct over accusations that he forced a young couple to strip to their underwear during a traffic stop.
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Illinois-based Insurance Company Lowers Rates (WFIE-TV)

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, headquartered in Bloomington, Ill., will lower its rates for customers in Indiana by 5.7 percent. The action by State Farm could prompt competing insurance companies to also lower premiums.
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Charges dropped against man in daughter's murder when D-N-A doesn't match (KRON 4 Bay Area)

JOLIET, Ill. An Illinois man who'd been charged with the sexual assault and drowning death of his three-year-old daughter has been freed from jail because of D-N-A evidence.
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Trooper charged after couple told to strip on I-94 (Daily Herald)

The traffic stop for the young couple was terrifying enough when an Illinois state trooper ordered the pair to strip naked, lie in a nearby ditch and urinate.
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AAA Chicago Releases Monthly Fuel Gauge Report Data (The Auto Channel)

AURORA, Ill., June 17 -- The statewide average for gasoline in Illinois and Northern Indiana has dropped for the second straight month. AAA Chicago's most recent Fuel Gauge Report estimates that for June 2005, Illinois motorists will pay an average of $2.14 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. That's down one cent from last month but is 15 cents higher than gas prices for this time last
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Madigan Pushes Anti Meth Maker Bill (WHOI)

Meth making is a huge problem in Central Illinois, but the Illinois attorney general is taking big steps to stop its production across the state. Lisa Madigan was in Bloomington on Friday afternoon explaining Senate Bill 562.
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