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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,364...the military: The latest identifications reported by the military: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Patton, 37, Freeport, Ill.; died Thursday in Kuwait in a non-combat accident. Join the discussion The Miami Herald is pleased to... In this article: Iraq War, US, The Miami Herald, Defense Department, Freeport, Illinois, Thailand, and Poland |
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Ill. unemployment hits 11 percent
CHICAGO -- Illinois' unemployment rate continued to climb last month, rising to its highest level in more than a quarter century, officials reported Thursday. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported that the seasonally...
In this article: Unemployment, Recession, and Chicago
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Ill. lab lands $8.8 million for battery research
ARGONNE, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago-area laboratory will get $8.8 million in federal stimulus cash to help find ways to make batteries more efficient for use in cars and other vehicles. The Argonne National Laboratory will use the funds to...
In this article: Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, U.S. Department of Energy, White House, and U.S.
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No. 23 Illinois beats Northern Illinois 80-61
...26.3 percent from behind the 3-point line. Illinois shot 43.5 percent from the field. McCamey had eight assists. Northern Illinois gave Illinois (2-0) a scare at the end of the half, going on a 14-3 run to close the gap to 49-41 on a...
In this article: Northern Illinois and Bruce Weber
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Nation Digest: Illinois politicians praise plan for detainee prison
...Quinn (D) and Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D) tried to build support and rebut criticism of a proposal to sell a prison in rural northwestern Illinois to the federal government to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and elsewhere. On...
In this article: Detainee, Richard J. Durbin, Pat Quinn, Chicago, Unemployment, and GOP
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Reuters | 5 days ago
UPDATE 1-Illinois prison eyed to house Guantanamo detainees
...reduce unemployment, create thousands of good-paying jobs and breathe new economic life into this part of downstate Illinois," said Illinois Senator Dick Durbin. There are 215 detainees at the controversial prison at the U.S. naval...
In this article: Guantanamo, Barack Obama, Detainee, David Axelrod, Pat Quinn, White House, United States, and Chicago
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Illinois prison eyed to house Guantanamo detainees
...the state's governor's office said on Sunday. "They are weighing their options and Illinois is among them," said Robert Reed, a spokesman for Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat. The plan being considered for the Thomson...
In this article: Guantanamo, Detainee, David Axelrod, Dick Durbin, Thomson Reuters, Thomson, U.S. Senate, and White House
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Source: Illinois prison eyed for Gitmo inmates
CHICAGO (AP) - The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said Saturday. The maximum-security Thomson...
In this article: Guantanamo Bay, Detainee, Don Manzullo, Pat Quinn, Guantanamo, Dick Durbin, and Mark Kirk
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Illinois (pronounced: /en-us-Illinois.ogg/ ), the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub; the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River. Illinois is often viewed as a microcosm of the United States; an Associated Press analysis of 21 demographic factors found Illinois the "most average state", while Peoria has long been a proverbial social and cultural bellwether.
Approximately 66% of the population of Illinois resides in the northeastern corner of the state, primarily within the city of Chicago and the surrounding metropolitan areas.
- Name:
- Illinois
- Also Known As:
- Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State
- Capital:
- Springfield
- Language:
- Other (6.7%)
- Spanish (10.9%)
- English (80.8%)
- Polish (1.6%)
- Motto:
- State sovereignty, national union
- Largest City:
- Chicago
- Governor:
- Pat Quinn (D)
- Lieutenant Governor:
- vacant
- Total Area:
- 140,998
- Area of Land:
- 143,968
- Area of Inland Water:
- 2,325
- Latitude:
- 36° 58′ N to 42° 30′ N
- Longitude:
- 87° 30′ W to 91° 31′ W
- Elevation Lowest Point:
- 85
- Lowest Point:
- Mississippi River
- Elevation highest point:
- 1,235
- Highest Point:
- Charles Mound
- Borders:
- Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky
- Admittance Date:
- December 03, 1818
- State Song:
- "Illinois"
- Flower:
- Violet
- Time Zone:
- Central: UTC-6/-5
- Demonym:
- Illinoisan
- Median Income:
- $54,124
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