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Illinois reactor shutdown blamed on bad insulator
The Times Illinois News
Jan 31CHICAGO (AP) — A failed electrical insulator in a switchyard was to blame for the power failure that caused one of Exelon Energy's nuclear reactors in northern Illinois to shut down, company officials said Tuesday. Officials hoped to »
"Every boy will walk tall, when he wears a holster and pistol . . ."
Chicago Reader Blog
Jan 20It’s been just over 23 years since section four of the Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988 went into effect, forcing manufacturers of toy guns to implement both a solid “blaze orange” muzzle to the end of the gun’s barrel as well as a “ma... »
Illinois Lottery: Second to None
Clout CityChicago Reader
Jan 19After a two-month competition that originally attracted 55 agencies, the Illinois Lottery announced a big winner yesterday: its new ad agency will be Downtown Partners, in partnership with Critical Mass, a digital marketing specialist. For a look at an... »
Judge: Man not guilty, insane in uncle's death
QCOnline Illinois AP News
Jan 04MARION, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man who'd been accused of killing his uncle won't be serving any prison time now that a judge has found him not guilty by reason of insanity. WSIL-TV reports the judge »
Man sentenced to prison for having pipe bomb parts
QCOnline Illinois AP News
Dec 29BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A judge in southern Illinois has sentenced a 52-year-old man to more than nine years in federal prison for possessing components to make a pipe bomb. Robert Sloat of Herrin pleaded guilty in June »
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Now showing: Big Miracle
Chicago Reader
Feb 03This above-average children’s drama from Universal manages to hit all the right notes as an inspirational story and provides a savvy, even cynical account of an international media event. In October 1988, as the Bush-Dukakis presidential campaign neare... »
Kinzinger Applauds House repeal of key Obamacare element
Illinois Review Political Analysis
Feb 02From Congressman Adam Kinzinger's office - Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) issued the following statement after H.R. 1173, the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act, passed the House with bipartisan support. Kinzinger originally worked on... »
Big Obama re-elect operation in Florida
Lynn Sweet
Jan 30DUNEDIN, FL.--While the attention is on the Tuesday Republican primary here, the Obama 2012 re-election team has been organizing in this state for months and already has 11 Florida offices. Florida is a key battleground in 2012 as it was in 2008, when ... »
Obama wisecrack: "promising future - as a Al Green impersonator"
Lynn Sweet
Jan 29TAMPA--President Barack Obama joked about his Al Green impersonation Saturday night-- after Obama last week sang a few bars from Green's hit "Let's Stay Together" during a Jan. 19 fund-raiser at the Apollo Theater, Obama nailed Green; his campaign put ... »
Obama meets with Jeb Bush, George H.W. Bush
Lynn Sweet
Jan 28(White House photo by Pete Souza) WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama met with former President George H.W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the Oval Office on Friday--a visit not put on his public schedule later described as "personal" by the W... »