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Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Mon Nov 23 21:59:20 -0800 2009 | political-news

Republican Andy McKenna is launching an ad Monday that again uses former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's hair as a symbol of corruption. McKenna got huge amounts of attention with earlier ads showing people, and even the state Capitol, taken over by...
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Latest Breaking News: Runners-up to Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year
Source: Kansas City Star

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Sat Nov 21 03:34:07 -0800 2009 | technology-news

The runners-up to Merriam-Webster's 2009 Word of the Year (admonish), with definitions from the publisher's collegiate dictionary and, when applicable, the news event or story that generated the interest in the word: - Emaciated (adj.): To cause to lose flesh...
Credibility Views: 6 | News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 6 | 19 | 8 | 2
 
Current News: Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments on Ryan pension
Source: Chicago-Sun Times

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Wed Nov 18 11:42:22 -0800 2009 | political-news

Should disgraced ex-Gov. George Ryan be given a partial state pension of $60,000 a year for his tenure as a county official, state legislator and lieutenant governor?...Those are the questions facing the Illinois Supreme Court after the seven justices heard...
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Current World News: Terror plot targeted heartland
Source: Chicago Tribune

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Thu Sep 24 20:28:54 -0700 2009 | political-news

Michael Finton loved to hang out with pals at Seals Fish & Chicken restaurant in Decatur and give an acerbic running commentary on the news shows playing on the kitchen TV. He would also preach about religion, claiming that young...
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Latest World News: 'Godfather' singer Al Martino dies age 82
Source: The Independent

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Wed Oct 14 20:34:49 -0700 2009 | entertainment-news

Al Martino, the chart-topping Italian-American crooner of ballads such as "Spanish Eyes" and "Volare" who played the wedding singer in "The Godfather," has died age 82, reports said Wednesday. Martino's career spanned half a century, and at his peak in...
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Current Event: County tax hike survives lawmakers' attack
Source: Chicago Tribune

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Thu Oct 15 08:35:27 -0700 2009 | political-news

The political fight over Cook County's unpopular sales tax increase moved to Springfield on Wednesday, with board President Todd Stroger beating back lawmakers' attempt to repeal the tax hike but losing a separate fight to curb his veto authority. Both...
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Latest World Event: Voters to have say on recall measure
Source: Chicago Tribune

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Fri Oct 16 08:55:06 -0700 2009 | political-news

Illinois voters will be asked in November 2010 whether they want to give themselves the option of recalling a governor in the wake of indicted ex- Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's fall from power. The Senate gave the final sign-off Thursday...
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Breaking News Event: Lawmakers pressure Quinn on college money
Source: Chicago Tribune

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Thu Oct 15 21:37:07 -0700 2009 | political-news

The Illinois General Assembly today turned up the pressure on Gov. Pat Quinn to find money for scholarships for low-income college students, sending him legislation that authorizes spending for the grants but doesn't include a way to pay for them....
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Latest News Event: ADM chief's compensation falls 2 percent
Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Fri Sep 25 16:06:56 -0700 2009 | technology-news

The CEO of agribusiness leader Archer Daniels Midland Co. received compensation worth $14.9 million in fiscal 2009, a decrease of nearly 2 percent from the previous year, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures filed with regulators.
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Breaking World News: Area colleges: Missouri State falls
Source: Kansas City Star

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated Sat Oct 10 23:05:34 -0700 2009 | sports-news

Redshirt freshman quarterback Thomas O’Brien, starting in his first game, threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns as South Dakota State held on for the win in Springfield. Missouri State pulled within a touchdown on a 5-yard pass from Cody...
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