Illinois' Senators Speak Out On Supreme Court Vacancy (NBC 5 Chicago)

Illinois' U.S. Senators spoke out about the Friday resignation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Will O'Connor Resignation Upset Balance Of Court?
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Illinois State University Announces Graduates (RedNova)

NORMAL - A total of 2,525 students at Illinois State University completed requirements for the bachelor's degree at the end of the spring 2005 semester.
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Couch the surprise lead in Illinois (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

American Chris Couch holds a one-stroke lead over the field after the second round of the US PGA event in Illinois. Couch enjoyed a sizzling back nine to card a flawless 4-under 67 to move to 9-under for the tournament.
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Police In Illinois Release Man Wanted In Holland Assault (WXMI-TV Grand Rapids)

HOLLAND -- Police in Illinois arrested a man wanted for the brutal beating of a woman in Holland earlier this month. Before Holland police could get him, he was released from jail in Chicago.
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J. Dennis Hastert: The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, from our great state of Illinois, answers Health (Southern Illinoisan)

Q: What is your message about healthcare to the residents of southern Illinois? A: America has the most advanced health care system in the world. We have the finest doctors, the top hospitals, and the best access to cutting-edge, life-saving prescription drugs and medical technology.
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Illinois has chance for revenge: Illini, Tar Heels will face off in Challenge (Herald & Review)

Illinois will get another chance at North Carolina. It may be coming eight months too late and after six players heard their names called in the first round of Tuesday's NBA draft, but the teams will match up as part of the seventh annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
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Body of Illinois boater found in lake in Itasca County (Duluth News Tribune)

DEER RIVER, Minn. - The body of a 47-year-old Illinois man was found in about five feet of a water in Island Lake in northern Minnesota, the Itasca County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
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Disgrace to Illinois (Northwest Herald)

It has become most glaring that we of Illinois have been embarrassed by the most mediocre U.S. senator, Dick Durbin. This stalwart of the Democratic Party has the unmitigated gall to denounce our fine military and to compare it to Nazi and Soviet types.
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Milwaukee woman dies in Illinois crash (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

A Milwaukee mother of 10 on her way to a family wedding in New York was killed in an early Friday morning accident in Illinois.
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Polk County man again gets death in slaying of Illinois couple (WINK TV Southwest Florida)

BARTOW, Fla. For the second time, a central Florida man was sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of an elderly Illinois couple at a trailer park on New Year's Eve 1996.
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Florida man again gets death in slaying of Illinois couple (Belleville News-Democrat)

BARTOW, Fla. - For the second time, a central Florida man was sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of an elderly Illinois couple at a trailer park on New Year's Eve 1996.
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TV Network for Gays, Lesbians to Debut (Austin 360)

NEW YORK — The man who's molding Logo, the new network for gays and lesbians, grew up in rural Illinois, attended Oral Roberts University and counted that cheesy keyboard solo on "Freeze Frame" as his big moment during gigs with his college band the Ozones.
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AP: Blagojevich Contributor Gets Contracts (ABC News)

AP Exclusive: Blagojevich Contributor Gets $500,000 in Contracts From Illinois State Government
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TV Network for Gays, Lesbians to Debut (Journal Gazette & Times Courier)

NEW YORK - The man who's molding Logo, the new network for gays and lesbians, grew up in rural Illinois, attended Oral Roberts University and counted that cheesy keyboard solo on "Freeze Frame" as his big moment during gigs with his college band the Ozones.
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Governor signs laws designed to boost protections against hate crimes (ABC 7 Chicago)

June 27, 2005 (CHICAGO) — Illinois has two new laws that are designed to boost protections against hate crimes. Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the bills into law yesterday.
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New Home for Farm Progress Show in Ill. (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

A new home for the Farm Progress Show, one of the nation's biggest agricultural expositions, is taking shape on 620 acres of farmland, a new beginning for a show that for the past 51 years has moved to a different site each year in Iowa, Illinois or Indiana.
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Illinois girl drowns in Wisconsin Dells pool (Belleville News-Democrat)

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. - A 7-year-old girl from Illinois has drowned in a hotel pool. An employee at the Polynesian Hotel found the girl at the bottom of the 5-foot-deep pool Thursday afternoon. It was unclear how long she had been submerged, authorities said.
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ILLINOIS STYLE: Streator woman gets thank-you note from Charles and Camilla (Belleville News-Democrat)

STREATOR, Ill. - Fiona Summers of Streator almost fainted when she received an airmailed letter postmarked Buckingham Palace, with the Red Royal Crest of HRH Queen Elizabeth on the front.
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New Illinois law bans state investments in Sudan (Belleville News-Democrat)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new state law requires Illinois to divest about $1 billion worth of pension investments in companies that do business in Sudan and to sever all financial ties to the violence-ridden country.
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Durbin apologizes to Illinois veterans for Guantanamo remarks (ABC 7 Chicago)

June 25, 2005 — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin apologized to Illinois veterans Saturday for what he called a poor choice of words that compared interrogators at an American prison camp to Nazis.
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