Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Illinois News

Wisconsin report: Great Lakes wind farms feasible
Associated Press - October 10, 2008 6:14 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A draft report says offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes are feasible but need more research.
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Parks and historic sites targeted for closure
Associated Press - October 10, 2008 6:04 PM ET Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration targeted 24 historic sites and state parks to shut down to help close a budget deficit.
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Chicago man gets life for drug convictions
Associated Press - October 10, 2008 5:44 PM ET CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A Chicago man arrested on drug charges in Cedar Rapids, Iowa last year has been sentenced to life in prison.
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Jazz musician Alfred Gallodoro dies in NY
Associated Press - October 10, 2008 5:34 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Jazz musician Alfred J. Gallodoro, who performed on the saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, has died in upstate New...
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State moves 50 out of prison it wants closed
Associated Press - October 10, 2008 5:15 PM ET PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) - Department of Corrections officials say they've completed the first of 2 transfers of inmates from a central Illinois prison...
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Locked up: Sales of safes grow as economy slides
Associated Press - October 10, 2008 5:15 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) - Afraid cash isn't secure even behind the thick walls of banks, more people are turning to something that's protected money since...
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Report: Americans released by Syria back in Jordan
Associated Press - October 10, 2008 5:04 PM ET AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon say they were "kidnapped" by their taxi driver and...
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U of I campus police release information on threatening note
A student found a note in the undergraduate library that stated the writer intends to shoot someone on Green Street on Halloween. Investigators continue to look for the author, and on Friday the university practiced notifying the campus community in the event of an emergency.
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Another lawsuit filed against former teacher and Urbana school district
The lawsuit filed by the student and her parents accuses Urbana school officials of failing to report former teacher Jon White's sexual abuse and not protecting students.The newest lawsuit names three
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Proposal to expand Macon County's sole landfill moves forward despite opposition
Veolia Valley View landfill wants to expand its Decatur site to hold enough waste for the next 20 to 25 years.Thursday night, the Macon County Board set the permitting process into motion by voting to
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