Gov. Quinn: Illinois prison officials lacked authority to pick up parolee suspected in crime

Ill. Gov.: No authority to pick up errant parolee

Quinn: Ill. prison officials lacked authority to pick up parolee suspected in other crimes

Quinn: No authority to pick up errant parolee

AP Exclusive: Ill. early release parolee not picked up after battery, then suspect in 2 crimes

Ill. parolee wasn’t picked up after battery claim

Insurer Horace Mann’s CEO, Louis Lower, jailed after DUI guilty plea; board names interim CEO

Interim leader named at insurer after CEO jailed

2 straight governors convicted of felonies _ what went wrong in Illinois?

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Some Massachusetts towns give up on enforcing relaxed marijuana laws, while others struggle to

Some Mass. towns give up on marijuana enforcement

Former Mass. police chief asks judge to drop charges in 8-year-old Conn. boy’s Uzi death

Mass. man wants charges dropped in boy’s Uzi death

Pending Blagojevich retrial makes ousted governor renewed distraction for Illinois Democrats

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Ill. Supreme Court upholds death sentence for man who killed his family

Death sentence stands in slaying of DuPage family

AP Exclusive: Dozens of prisoners released early in Ill. have disappeared, some are violent

Ill. parolees disappear after being released early

Man expected to plead guilty in torching of black Mass. church in hours after Obama’s election

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Blagojevich on trial: Combative former Illinois governor faces fight of his life

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Anti-government man, son identified as pair who killed Ark. officers during traffic stop

Police: Ohio man, son killed Ark. officers

Sheriff says he had warned officers about former Ohio man killed in Arkansas police shootout

Sheriff: Former Ohio man killed in Ark. shootout

Vatican names new Ill. bishop who once blamed devil for sexual abuse lawsuits against church

New bishop once blamed devil for abuse lawsuits

9 teens charged in ‘unrelenting’ bullying of Mass girl who killed self; 2 charged with rape

9 charged with bullying Mass. teen who killed self

High school soccer player stabbed to death at birthday party for 200 teens in Mass. restaurant

School soccer player killed at Mass. birthday bash

Mass. club pleads no contest in 2008 Uzi death of 8-year-old Conn. boy who shot self at show

Mass. club pleads no contest in boy’s Uzi death

Ill. soldier in Afghanistan gets dishonorable discharge after child porn charge

Ill. soldier discharged after child porn charge

Smith & Wesson VP among 22 defendants accused of trying to bribe foreign government

Smith & Wesson VP among bribery case defendants

AP Exclusive: Scores of Ill. early release criminals back in prison after parole crackdown

Scores back in prison after Ill. parole crackdown

AP Exclusive: Dozens of Ill. early release criminals back in prison after parole crackdown

Dozens back in prison after Ill. parole crackdown

Mo. survivalist arrested in white supremacists investigation convicted on 2 weapons charges

Mo. survivalist convicted on 2 weapons charges

Rod Blagojevich says telling Esquire magazine he was ‘blacker than Barack Obama’ was stupid

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AP Exclusive: Ill. early release inmates returned for attempted murder, weapons, battery

Early release inmate returned for attempted murder

Ill. Gov. Quinn says secret policy change that freed some inmates early was a ‘big mistake’

Quinn: Ill. Early secret prison release a mistake

AP Exclusive: Ill. secret early release inmates returned to prison after new violent crimes

Released prisoners again accused of new crimes