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'Annie' comic strip ending after 85 years 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) -- The iconic redheaded orphan Annie is ending her time on newspaper comics pages after 85 years.
Murder suspect convicted of federal drug charges 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A man awaiting trial in southwestern Illinois on charges that he killed a 12-year-old boy in a 2008 drive-by shooting has been convicted of federal drug charges.
Midwest flooding kills 1, closes roads, rail line 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Flooding in the Midwest has killed one person, shut down roads and even caused an Amtrak train to be diverted. And the National Weather Service says it could get worse.
Cook County Jail agreement reached 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities have agreed to upgrade conditions at Cook County Jail, where an investigation two years ago found a number of inmate deaths due to violence and inadequate medical care.
No IOUs from Ill. government, but no money either 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A program to help senior citizens live at home instead of moving to nursing homes has shut down. It's the latest casualty from the state of Illinois' failure to pay bills on ...
Blagojevich subpoenas Senate leader Reid 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office says he has been subpoenaed for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's upcoming corruption trial.
Jockey sues race track because of injury 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) -- A jockey who suffered paralyzing injuries when he was spilled from his horse is suing Arlington Park race track, site of the mishap, and makers of the track's surface.
8 years later, Ill. delivers construction grants 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Eight years after promising to help build and repair old schools, the state of Illinois is finally delivering the money.
SIU freezes tuition at 2009 level 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
ALTON, Ill. (AP) -- Southern Illinois University's Board of Trustees has voted to hold tuition for next year's incoming students at this year's rates.
Associated Press Writer 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Both sides have rested in the first-degree murder trial of an Illinois truck driver accused of killing a young woman at a Nashville truck stop.
