Chillicothe storage facility sued (Peoria Journal Star)

PEORIA - The Illinois Attorney General's Office sued this week a bulk petroleum storage facility in Chillicothe for failing to clean up fuel containing MTBE that leaked into an underground water source.
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Department of Public Aid gets new name (Lincoln Courier)

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Public Aid no longer exists, as of today.
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Illinois lifts tax increase on casinos (Northwest Indiana Times Business)

Northwest Indiana casino operators are gearing up for the demise today of a two-year old tax increase on Illinois gambling revenues. "It will put some pressure on Northwest Indiana," said Rick Mazer, general manager of Horseshoe casino in Hammond. "We could be seeing market shares shift dramatically."
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION -- A longtime Veterans Administration Medical Center cardiologist has been named the "Mentor of the Year" for the 2004-05 academic year at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale.
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Durbin, Obama oppose controversial CAFTA pact (Lincoln Courier)

WASHINGTON — The Senate Thursday approved 54-45 the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement, with Illinois’ two Democratic senators opposing the trade deal because they said it fails to adequately protect American workers.
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Democratic Group Plans Quirky Campaigns (AP via Yahoo! News)

Rep. Bob Beauprez of Colorado will be confronted by waffles, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner. Rep. Nancy Johnson of Connecticut will see her face plastered on an oversize milk carton. When Rep. Jerry Weller of Illinois marches in a parade, he'll be tailed by someone in a duck costume.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION -- The first of hopefully what will be many coaches caravan-type events for Southern Illinois University was Tuesday night at Bennie's Italian Foods in Marion.
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Illinois man drowns in Nags Head (Outer Banks Sentinel)

Wednesday afternoon, calls went out to Nags Head Fire and Ocean Rescue about a man in distress in the water off Nags Head beaches. Terry Englund, 40, of Pecatonica, Ill., was pulled from the waters off the 8200 block of South Old Oregon Inlet Road.
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College (The Chapel Hill News)

The UNC men's basketball team, which defeated Illinois in the NCAA championship game on April 4, will host the Illini in a national title game rematch on Nov. 29 as part of the seventh annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
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Darren Brooks signs with Dallas Mavericks (CSTV's College Sports)

Brooks will play for the team's summer league squad. Southern Illinois University guard Darren Brooks signed with the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association Friday and will begin playing with their summer-league team next week.
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R. Kelly Ordered to Give Deposition (AP via Yahoo! News)

A judge in Illinois has ordered singer R. Kelly to give a deposition in a civil case filed by a woman who claims he secretly videotaped her while having sex.
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Illinois Summer Baseball Summaries (Northwest Indiana Times)

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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Southern Illinois (47-14) finished No. 24 in the final ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 poll for the season. The ranking represents SIU's third straight season with a Top 25 ranking in one of the two national polls.
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Car searches more likely for minorities (Chicago Sun-Times)

Minority drivers in Illinois are 2-1/2 times more likely to have a police officer ask them to search their cars during a traffic stop than white drivers are, according to statistics released by the state late Friday.
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IDOT official suspended over deal (Chicago Sun-Times)

A top Illinois transportation official has been suspended and so has his brother-in-law's half-million-dollar state contract as the inspector general investigates the deal, officials said on Friday.
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Eds: Note Illinois interest thruout (Belleville News-Democrat)

RACINE, Wis. - A man accused of abducting his ex-wife, stuffing her into a trash can and locking her in a Chicago area storage unit in freezing weather pleaded no contest Friday to charges in the case.
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Illinois drops casino tax (Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.) (Hotel Online)

By Susan Erler, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind. Jun. 30--Northwest Indiana casino operators are gearing up for the demise today of a two-year old tax increase on Illinois gambling revenues.
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Ram Reaches Semifinals at Forest Hills (AP via Yahoo! News)

Former University of Illinois star Rajeev Ram defeated Scott Oudsema 6-2, 7-6 (4) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Forest Hills Grass Court Classic.
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Illinois' top spellers honored during ceremony in Springfield (Herald & Review)

SPRINGFIELD - Phillip Acevedo leaned into the microphone and spoke clearly: "Initiative. I-n-i-t-i-a-t-i-v-e. Initiative." It was a formula he knew well and had excelled in only a month ago on the national stage in Washington, D.C., one month ago.
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Illinois-North Carolina rematch highlights challenge (Sports Illustrated)

UNDATED (AP) -- Illinois gets a chance at revenge this fall when the Illini play North Carolina in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The Tar Heels beat Illinois in St. Louis in April to win the national championship.
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North Shore Bank moves into Illinois (BizJournals)

North Shore Bank said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Illinois State Bank -- marking the Brookfield-based mutual savings bank's entrance into the Illinois market.
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