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Domestic Terror: The Worry About Homegrown Plots...by a group of longtime American residents), and conducted successful sting operations against two Islamist extremists in Springfield, Ill., and Dallas. And just last month, FBI agents arrested two Chicago-area residents of Pakistani descent... In this article: United States, Al Qaeda, FBI, Islam, New York City Police Department, New York, Jihad, and Radicalism |
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Kansas City Star | November 11, 2009
Two choose Mizzou for men's hoops
...as his top two schools. </p><p> On the women s side, coach Cindy Stein on Wednesday announced the signing of 6-1 wing player Maggie Flynn out of Troy, Mo., and Paige Spietz, a 6-3 forward from Brimfield, Ill. Posted on Wed, Nov. 11, 2009...
In this article: Missouri, Paul Pressey, Dallas, Rivals.com, Cindy Stein, and Rock Bridge High School
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Fox News | 5 days ago
15 Arrested in Mexican Drug Cartel Bust
...according to the indictment. Noted as alleged supervisors of the Chicago operation were Jorge Luis Torres-Galvan, 31, of Danforth, Ill., and Jose Gonzalez-Zavala, 37, of Joliet, according to the release. Ismael Flores, 35, of Dallas...
In this article: Cocaine, Chicago, Dallas, Defendant, All rights reserved, Narcotic, Mexico, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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washingtonpost.com | November 06, 2009
Fort Hood attack is 3rd this year by antiwar radicals targeting military on U.S. soil
In addition to the Bronx case, U.S. authorities in September charged Hosam Maher Smadi and Michael C. Finton for allegedly asking FBI informants separately for help to attack a Dallas skyscraper and federal building in Springfield, Ill.
In this article: United States, Fort Hood, Al-Qaeda, Timothy J. McVeigh, FBI, Islam, and Georgetown University
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New York Daily News | November 09, 2009
Editorial: Fanaticism hits home
...or maim people, including shoppers in U.S. malls. Another dot is Michael Finton, the 29-year-old convert to Islam arrested in an alleged plot to blow up a federal building in Illinois. Another dot is Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, the...
In this article: Islam, Suicide, Ideology, Fort Hood, Ibrahim Hooper, FBI, and Council on American-Islamic Relations
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Drug raids targeting Mexican cartel nab 300-plus
...said. The officials said states where arrests were made or charges filed include Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nevada, New York, North Carolina,...
In this article: Methamphetamine, United States, Eric Holder, Mexico, New York, Minnesota, Cocaine, and Michele Leonhart
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Contra Costa Times | October 08, 2009
Crabtree eats some humble pie
...to be recruited by Texas Tech basketball coach Bob Knight. Crabtree was good enough as a quarterback at Carter to be recruited by Illinois, Michigan State and Kansas. He could have gone to Texas - the dream of most kids from the state...
In this article: Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers, Texas Tech, NFL, Steve Young, Mike Singletary, Vernon Davis, Humble pie, and Surgery
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ABC News | October 29, 2009
FBI Gunfight Leaves Mich. Suspect Dead
...terrorism offenses. The raid followed a series of recent arrests, including those of a man suspected of plotting attacks against New York, to men in Dallas and Springfield, Ill., accused of being homegrown terrorists. Imad Hamad, director...
In this article: FBI, Detroit, United States, Michigan, Dog, and The FBI
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Dallas Morning News | November 06, 2009
Three-day walk for breast cancer awareness starts in Plano 10:45 AM CT
...through Addison, Farmers Branch, Dallas and Richardson. One volunteer, Lyle Beckowitz of Palapine, Ill., said he's participated in 23 events since losing his fiancee to cancer in 2001. Beckowitz, who was pitching in by picking up trash, said...
In this article: Breast cancer, Cancer, Plano, Farmers Branch, Gatorade, and The Dallas Morning News
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NPR | September 25, 2009
Alleged Bomb Plots In Dallas, Illinois Lead To Arrests
Alleged Bomb Plots In Dallas, Illinois Lead To Arrests Two men unconnected to each other or to the investigation that has spawned recent national terrorism warnings are in federal custody after attempting to detonate what they thought were...
In this article: Al-qaida, Dallas, Parole, Car bomb, Taliban, FBI, and Texas
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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 area. Three U.S. Presidents have been elected while they were living in Illinois Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Barack Obama. Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico and grew up in Dixon. Lincoln is interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.
- Name:
- Illinois
- Also Known As:
- Land of Lincoln; The Prairie State
- Capital:
- Springfield
- Language:
- Polish (1.6%)
- Other (6.7%)
- English (80.8%)
- Spanish (10.9%)
- 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:
- 377
- 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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