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Woman gets prison for million-dollar theft from Wirtz Beverage
A Rockford-area woman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 4 years in prison today for stealing more than $1 million over six years while she worked for Schaumburg-based Wirtz Beverage. Linda Bessert, 49, of Winnebago, was sentenced in Winnebago County...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Prisons, Schaumburg
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FDA: Arsenic found in rice
WGN NewsIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to set limits for arsenic in food after every rice product tested by her office tested positive for arsenic. Madigan warns that if rice is something you are eating...Tags: Cancer, Food and Drug Administration
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FDA tests find arsenic in rice
Many name-brand rice and rice products contain varying levels of carcinogenic arsenic, according to the results of separate sets of tests announced today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationand Consumer Reports. In conjunction with the Consumer...Tags: Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice, Healthy Diet, Medical Research, Pediatrics
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Durbin introduces Obama, faces choice about own political future
Clout StreetCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sen. Dick Durbin introduced Barack Obama to the country at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 when the future president was a neophyte candidate for the U.S. Senate. He did it again four years later when Obama won the...Tags: Democratic Party, Cancer, Dick Durbin, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Illegal Immigrants
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Study calls for probing of political corruption in more than 60 suburbs
Tribune reporterA proposal to create an inspector general for the suburbs drew skeptical reactions Monday, as officeholders and taxpayer watchdogs questioned how the position would work and whether it’s necessary. But the idea got a warm reception from Gov. Pat...Tags: Religion and Belief, Organized Crime, John J Cullerton, Metra, Corporate Crime
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Puppy trainer to repay families of autistic children, under court agreement
The owner of a downstate dog training facility has agreed to refund thousands of dollars to families who were promised autism service dogs for their children but never received them, according to a consent judgment expected to be filed Thursday. The...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Consumers
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Students finding out what it means to be underwater
How long can you hold your breath? It's bad enough millions of U.S. homes are underwater, worth less money on the real estate market than needed to pay off the outstanding mortgage balance. The prospect of millions of Americans dragged under by...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Credit and Debt, Chicago Mortgages, Dick Durbin, Mortgages
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Figure in Blagojevich scandal charged with bribing doctors
Raghuveer Nayak, a former fundraiser for U.S. Jesse Jackson Jr.and Rod Blagojevich and a key figure in the U.S. Senate seat scandal, was arrested at his Oak Brook home this morning and charged with bribing doctors to send patients to his surgery centers....
Tags: Religion and Belief, Internal Revenue Service, Jesse Jackson, Corporate Crime, Values
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Bottled water distribution begins in Sauk Village
Attorney General Lisa Madigan obtained a court order to ensure Sauk Village residents have immediate access to safe drinking water. The village will distribute water bottles at the community center from seven days a week at the Ed Paesel Community...
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Quinn signs high-risk loan protections measure into law
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn signed a measure into law today that seeks to protect families that take out high-risk home loans and put more restrictions on companies that issue high-interest tax refund anticipation loans. Under the measure, which goes into effect Jan....Tags: Personal Income, Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois Governor, Companies and Corporations, Pat Quinn
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Rep. Connie Howard retires after her state grants were subpoenaed
A South Side lawmaker who helped found an AIDS awareness organization that attracted the interest of federal prosecutors has quietly resigned. Democratic Rep. Connie Howard stepped down from the Illinois House effective July 9. She cited "personal...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Justice System, FBI
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Feds widen probe into newly retired South Side lawmaker
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — Federal authorities are widening their probe of a newly retired South Side lawmaker with a fresh subpoena seeking records of a scholarship named in her honor and of an Illinois House committee she once chaired. Democratic Rep....Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Michael Madigan, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Awards and Prizes
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