Illinois Governor Impeachment
Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan watches votes be tallied as members of the Illinois House of Representatives voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich in house chambers at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on January 9, 2009. (UPI Photo/Mark Cowan)
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., June 13 (UPI) -- Edwina Froehlich, co-founder of La Leche League, a ground-breaking breastfeeding advocacy group, died at the age of 93 in Arlington Heights, Ill.
BELLEVILLE, Ill., June 10 (UPI) -- Tiffany Hall said she knew she would never get out of an Illinois prison after being sentenced to life for killing a pregnant friend to take her unborn baby.
MORRIS, Ill., May 19 (UPI) -- Illinois police said they had to close several lanes of a highway after a truck carrying Oreos rammed into the median, scattering cookies all over the road.
NORMAL, Ill., April 28 (UPI) -- Will Robinson, first African American head coach in U.S. Division I college basketball, died Monday at age 96.
OAK FOREST, Ill., April 28 (UPI) -- A 73-year-old man who quit driving three years ago said he was afraid when he received a bill for $3,106 from the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- A 1996 questionnaire indicates Barack Obama was more liberal on issues such as abortion than his aides acknowledge.
WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- The acrimony between Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and John McCain, R.-Ariz., regarding ethics reform legislation foreshadows the presidential race, analysts say.
WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- The head of a prominent watchdog group says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama apparently intended "no paper trail" from his Illinois Senate years.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., March 27 (UPI) -- Investigators searching for traces of a missing Illinois woman and her 4-year-old cousin found human remains, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday.
NORMAL, Ill., March 24 (UPI) -- Brian Roberts scored 16 points Monday to pace third-seeded Dayton's 55-48 win over second-seeded Illinois State in second-round NIT play.
