Blagojevich aims to cut gun permit age to 18 in Illinois
Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to sign a bill lowering the gun permit age to 18 from 21 for a firearms owners card without parental consent. He would veto two other bills easing gun laws, including a self defense override of local bans and concealed carry for retired police and former military police.
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Chicago
Rod Blagojevich
Blagojevich
General Assembly
Cheryle Jackson
Illinois
Illinois Senate
Senate
House
Police probe new lead in 7 year old slaying
STREATOR AP police say a private lab analysis produced a lead in the Dalton Mesarchik case. investigators canvass three areas of Streator and conduct roadside checks while withholding details about the suspect. the 7 year old vanished March 26 2003 and was found dead in the vermilion river with a 3 pound sledgehammer linked to kmart.
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Streator
Dalton Mesarchik
Rick Roderick
Mesarchik
Vermilion River
Kmart
Farmers turn fields into hunting lease income in Illinois
Illinois farmers are renting idle fields to hunters, creating a secondary crop of income as deer, estimated at about 750000 statewide, draw out of state visitors. Fees reach thousands yearly, helping cover taxes and boosting rural economies despite caps on nonresident permits.
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Illinois
Carol Knowles
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
New York
Florida
Terry Rush
Pittsfield
Rush
Rick Stillman
United Bowhunters of
Department of Natural Resources
Nesting eagles spotted on Chicago's South Side
A pair of nesting bald eagles is seen along the Little Calumet River, the first Chicago-area nesting since 1897. The location is kept secret to protect the birds as officials note the female has not laid eggs yet and urge quiet near the nest while pollution cleanup progress in Lake Calumet is praised.
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Chicago
Little Calumet River
Walter Marcisz
Chicago Ornithological Society
Indiana Dunes
Marcisz
Kris Lah
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Chicago Water Reclamation District
Lake Calumet
Marcia Jimenez
Crazy Home Cooling Deal For Wise Property Owners
A local HVAC offer promises to install both A/C and furnace for as low as 17 per week with up to 300 dollars trade in for old systems. With approved credit buyers may defer payment for 90 days while a financing firm arranges low-rate loans and weather-driven demand drives the limited stock.
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Blue River Outdoors
K-Mart
Carbondale
North America
Jackson County Health Dept
RED Wing
U.S.A
JIM & Dot’s Shoe Store
Western Wear
Davie
Anna
JIM & Dot Fuller
All Time 500 Inc
Richard Pass
Marion
Passhvac
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