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Midwest governors talk high-speed rail

Several Midwest governors are meeting in Chicago to talk high-speed trains.

QuikTrip to pay nearly $750,000 in back pay

Convenience store operator QuikTrip Corp. is paying current and former employees in nine states nearly $750,000 in overtime back wages following an investigation by the Labor Department.

County’s legal bill in gun-club lawsuit mounting

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — St. Clair County taxpayers already have spent $275,000 in legal and consulting fees in the county's four-year effort to close a shooting range it argues is too close to Scott Air Force Base.

Chicago infant dies after three-story fall

A nearly 5-week-old infant has died after falling off a third-story porch on Chicago's South Side.

Dozens of dead birds found at Ottawa hotel

OTTAWA, Ill. — Police and LaSalle County Animal Control are investigating the deaths of about six dozen birds outside an Ottawa hotel.

U of Ill. president to face clout panel scrutiny

URBANA, Ill. — Former University of Illinois president James Stukel places much of the blame for the school's admissions troubles on trustees who he says are beholden only to the governor who appoints them.

No bail for man in pipe bomb case

A judge has denied bail for an 85-year-old prisoner caught on tape talking about his ties to Al Capone and other old-time mobsters.

Allstate ends sponsorship of Allstate 400

Allstate Corp. is ending its sponsorship of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard following a five-year sponsorship run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Ill. spent less than US average per pupil in ’07

Public schools in Illinois spent $9,555 per pupil in 2007, slightly below the national average.

Ill. man charged with stealing $45K of eyeglasses

An Illinois man is accused of stealing more than $45,000 worth of eyeglasses from suburban Milwaukee stores because he enjoys being around eyewear.
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