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NEWS ABOUT: Illinois

Illinois stories: 288 news summaries

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Homeland Security Sues Illinois Over Worker Plan

Claims state law is protecting illegals

Sep 25, 07 8:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security is suing Illinois for effectively protecting illegals from a new federal crackdown, the Chicago Tribune reports. A DHS plan has companies submit data on workers, but Illinois' governor says the Feds are too slow and no good: "The Internet-based program has a less than 50 percent accuracy... More »

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immigration • Michael Chertoff • lawsuit • Illinois • verification • E Verify

Ill. Abortion Clinic Fights
to Open

Planned Parenthood cites pressure in case of vanishing permit

Sep 17, 07 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge will hear a lawsuit today alleging a Planned Parenthood clinic lost its permit on the eve of its opening due to pressure from anti-abortion groups. Officials in Aurora, Ill., maintain the permit they approved last winter withheld the facility’s true nature, and many in town are... More »

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abortion • Planned Parenthood • judge • lawsuit • Illinois • permit

Bears' Briggs Charged in
Car Crash

LB left accident scene after wrecking $350K Lamborghini: cops

Aug 28, 07 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bears linebacker Lance Briggs has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident after police found a wrecked and abandoned 2007 Lamborghini Murcielago yesterday on an Illinois highway. Briggs, 26, admitted he abandoned the car, posted $100 bond, and will appear in court in October to face the misdemeanor... More »

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Chicago Bears • car crash • Illinois • Lance Briggs • Lamborghini

Midwest Threatened
by Continued Flooding

More rain possible this weekend

Aug 25, 07 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy flooding continues to beset the Midwest, with the prospect of even more rain looming, the AP reports. In northern Illinois, 143,000 are still without power since storms hit Thursday. Rain has stopped, but flooding is still a danger for hundreds of thousands of people near swollen creeks and... More »

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Wisconsin • Midwest • storm • flood • FEMA • Illinois

Obama: the Accidental Candidate

Dem rose with dizzying speed on a cascade
of lucky breaks

Aug 12, 07 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s rapid ascent to top-tier presidential candidate was the stuff of lucky break after lucky break, as quiet charisma and other people’s sex scandals catapulted him to the top, the Washington Post reports. It was a chance opening that first took him to Chicago and chance again... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • presidential campaign • Illinois • Harvard Law School • Election 2008 • senator

Monster Truck Plows Into Crowd

Mother and child seriously injured

Aug 10, 07 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mother and child were seriously injured yesterday when a monster truck stunt went horribly wrong and the vehicle plowed into a crowd of 100 spectators, AP reports. The trunk was crushing cars outside an auto parts store in Dekalb, Illinois, when the accident occurred. Another mother and her four... More »

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injury • accident • Illinois • Monster truck • Genuine Parts Co. • DeKalb • cars

10 Best
Family Towns

From the Rockies
to a Miami suburb, perfect places
to raise your babies

Jul 21, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - These places earned Family Circle's attention with for their serenity, natural beauty, community, and culture. Living costs, commutes, and crime rates are low, but schools and museums rank high. They're all BYOB: Bring Your Own Baby.
  1. Castle Rock, Colo.
  2. Diamond Bar, Calif.
  3. Morton Grove, Ill.
  4. Cedar
... More »

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California • families • Texas • children • list • Massachusetts • Kansas • Minnesota • Illinois • Mississippi • raising children • home

Thinking Green, Obama Cools Toward Coal

New stance on alternative-fuel plan
perplexes industry

Jun 13, 07 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Caught between his increasingly carbon-conscious party and a major player in his home state, Barack Obama has backed off his support for converting coal into liquid vehicle fuel, the LA Times reports. Global warming is important to Democrats, but coal is important to the Illinois economy, and the senator's shift... More »

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Barack Obama • global warming • environmentalism • coal • fuel • Illinois • National Mining Association • Election 2008 • carbon emissions

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