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• Police plan drunken driving patrols for Super Bowl
• February 7, 2010 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) - The director of the Illinois State Police is asking those celebrating the Super Bowl this weekend not to drink and drive, to choose a designated driver or call a taxi to make sure they arrive home safely.
• Police post drug sale signs
• February 7, 2010 (BELLEVILLE, Ill.) - The Belleville Police Department has a new tactic in fighting the drug trade in the city -- signs pointing out to the public houses and apartments where police say drugs are sold.
• Actor nears 40 years in role
• February 7, 2010 (NORMAL, Ill.) - Meet Ted Neeley, Superman.
• Rockford girl plays basketball with one arm
• February 6, 2010 (ROCKFORD, Ill.) - People always ask Becca Allen how she plays basketball with one arm.
• For-profit mental institutions cost Illinois $122M
• February 6, 2010 (CHICAGO) - Illinois taxpayers spend more than $122 million a year to care for the mentally ill in privately run, for-profit nursing homes -- a system largely rejected elsewhere over costs, concerns about residents' rights and quality of care.
• Blago charged in new corruption indictment
• February 4, 2010 (CHICAGO) - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich now faces a new indictment on corruption charges.
• Shot swan recovering at wildlife center
• February 6, 2010 (ELBURN, Ill.) - Jim Tibensky first noticed the young swan in a pond off Smith Road near St. Charles in June. Tibensky, 61, of Wayne, a kayak enthusiast who regularly paddled there all summer, watched the swan as it grew.
• Michael Reagan to lead tour of Ill. Reagan sites
• February 6, 2010 (EUREKA, Ill.) - Eureka College is observing the 99th anniversary of the birth of alumnus Ronald Reagan with a tour to Reagan-related sites that will be led by Reagan's eldest son, Michael Reagan.
• Ill. kitten pulled from dash gets new home, name
• February 5, 2010 (GALESBURG, Ill.) - Central Illinois mechanic Dana Underwood makes the nooks and crannies of a car sound like a small-animal zoo.
• Man's trash chute death ruled an accident
• February 5, 2010 (SHELBYVILLE, Ill.) - A central Illinois coroner says a man found dead in an apartment trash chute died accidentally.
• Coroner: Babies found in trunk likely female
• February 5, 2010 (ROCKFORD, Ill.) - A northern Illinois woman charged with murder in the death of a newborn girl is likely the mother of two other infants found dead in the trunk of an impounded vehicle registered to her, authorities said.
• Snow, ice slicken central Illinois roads
• February 5, 2010 (CHAMPAIGN, Ill.) - The mix of snow, sleet and rain making its way across central Illinois is starting to slicken roads and create travel headaches.

• Former teacher convicted of selling cocaine
• Sentencing set in Ill. torture killing
• 2 cousins charged with murder of Springfield man
• Police: Ill. Gunman got bullets inside store
• Ill. medical malpractice caps ruled unconstitutional
• Kirk, Giannoulias compete for Obama's old Senate seat
• Cohen, Plummer to battle for lieutenant gov
• Banning poker might cost counties construction funds
• Program offers rebates on Energy Star appliances
• Dem. candidates spend day at black churches
• Meister drops out, backs Giannoulias for Senate
• Dillard suspends campaigning after father's death
• Ill. gov. pledges millions toward Iowa rail routes
• Exelon says it will join Ill.'s FutureGen Alliance
• Charity to donate pet food
• Andrzejewski: I am 'true' conservative in GOP race
• Illinois political chaos a pain in neck for Obama
• Eastern Ill. man dies in grain bin
• Town cracks down on texting while driving
• Rockford sees highest jobless rate in December
• High-speed rail would link Chicago to St. Louis
• GOP candidates for governor take shots at each other
• Nat'l investigation into stolen cigarette semis launched
• Fake tree trimmers may be casing Danville homes
• State money will renovate NIU shooting site
• Race for Illinois State Treasurer heating up
• Gov. Quinn, union reach agreement on layoffs
• Small Ill. town irked by gentleman's club
• Ex-band chief accused of sexual misconduct
• Woman sentenced to prison in toddler's death