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<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 16:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois House approves gun plan opposed by Quinn</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Illinois House has approved a plan to allow qualified gun owners to carry their weapons in public.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois steroid injections trigger investigation into Tennessee compounding pharmacy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Five Illinois patients have suffered complications after being injected with the drug that is now being recalled.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 04:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ComEd gets rate increase, thanks to Illinois lawmakers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Illinois General Assembly has overridden Gov. Pat Quinn's veto of legislation that addresses so-called Smart Grid technology.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:55:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois fracking regulation bill approved by House committee</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An Illinois House committee has OK'd a measure to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in the state.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:36:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man allegedly shot woman to death outside Benton card shop</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A southern Illinois man is jailed on $2 million bond after being accused in the shooting death of a woman outside a card shop in the Franklin County city of Benton.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>21 arrested in Hannibal drug sting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Twenty-one people Hannibal are facing drug-related charges after a roundup in the northeast Missouri town.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:33:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rockford high school senior has perfect attendance since kindergarten</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 17-year-old high school student in Rockford will graduate with a perfect attendance record he's maintained since kindergarten.]]></description>
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<title>I-Team: Expanded gambling could deal Illinois a dangerous hand</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Expanding gambling in Illinois may be a way to boost tourism and tax dollars, but what about those who would do anything for a bet?]]></description>
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<title>Church van crash kills 5 in Vandalia, Illinois</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Illinois State Police say five people were killed and six others injured when a van in which they were riding left a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois State University smoking ban: Smokers adapting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[School officials and some students say a ban on smoking in high traffic areas at Illinois State University is going smoothly so far.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:12:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Governor, mayor in high-stakes game of Chicago hold 'em</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If Chicago politics was a card game and Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn were the players, both men on Monday showed their hands.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toddler run over by car; services pending</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Funeral services are pending for a 1-year-old girl who East St. Louis police say was run over by a car after a boy sitting in the vehicle started the engine and put it into gear.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois cracks down on social media 'flash mobs'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Illinois now has tougher penalties for those who use social media to organize violent "flash mobs" like those that have occurred on Chicago's Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:48:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois conceal and carry law: Senate gun opponents decry 'moral' standard over police endorsement in Chicago</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Republicans are questioning whether Chicago should require special police permission for conceal carry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:58:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Benedictine monk from Wisconsin denies Illinois abduction charges</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Benedictine monk from Wisconsin has denied trying to abduct four Illinois girls.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Teacher's aide allegedly sexually abused student, exposed teen boy to HIV</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A teacher's aide is charged with aggravated sexual abuse and the sexual transmission of HIV in connection with the alleged molestation of several boys at Cahokia High School.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:09:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carnival truck driver killed by Illinois State Police SUV</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a carnival truck driver whose convoy was stopped on a southwestern Illinois highway was killed when an Illinois State Police sport utility vehicle struck him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Janesville man sentenced to life in Rockford double-murder</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Wisconsin man who was convicted in the 2010 slayings of a Rockford couple has been sentenced to life in prison.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:13:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Services loom for 4 kids killed in Percy house fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Four siblings killed in a southern Illinois house fire that prosecutors say was set by a man are about to be laid to rest.]]></description>
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<title>Illinois Gov. Daley? Bill Daley may run</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Former White House Chief Of Staff Bill Daley says don't count him out yet for a run for Illinois governor.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois lieutenant governor supports medical marijuana</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon said she is in favor of a bill allowing the medical use of marijuana, explaining Sunday that testimony from seriously ill veterans and other patients helped change her mind.]]></description>
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<title>Illinois tea party groups call for investigation of President Obama's role in IRS scandal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tea party units around the state want a major investigation to see if the President or his White House staff had anything to do with the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of tea party not-for-profit applications.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:36:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Quincy man has been ordered to spend nine years in prison after he admitted sexually assaulting a teenage girl who's a special-education student.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:34:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A retired history professor has given Eureka College $3 million - the largest gift in the school's history.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Illinois House approved legislation Friday aimed at cracking down on violent ''flash mobs'' like those that have occurred on Chicago's Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:49:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois State University selects Timothy Flanagan as new president</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Illinois State University has chosen a new president.  The university's board of trustees voted Friday to hire Timothy Flanagan, who is currently president of Framingham State University in Framingham, Mass.]]></description>
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