AP Wire News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:00:11 GMT Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:00:11 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/24d3464b-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that weakens the power of the Cook County Board president. AP News www.wics.com-24d3464b http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2cd345dc-www.wics.com.shtml URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- The former head of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has been indicted on theft and official misconduct charges. AP News www.wics.com-2cd345dc http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/34d3456c-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis says the city needs to be prepared for the potential retirements of up to 1,000 officers next year. AP News www.wics.com-34d3456c http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/27d3447e-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police say four people have been charged in a lottery scam that targeted older Hispanics. AP News www.wics.com-27d3447e http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2ed34276-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- The pill dispenser of the future not only organizes your pills but also reminds you to take them. AP News www.wics.com-2ed34276 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/31d34270-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A holiday collection drive is under way in Illinois for troops overseas. AP News www.wics.com-31d34270 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/30d34149-www.wics.com.shtml MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) -- After a monthlong hiatus, the weekly flights of flowers flown straight in from South America to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah are set to resume by the end of November. AP News www.wics.com-30d34149 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/33d340ed-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Jury selection is now complete for the trial of a Chicago man charged with raping and killing 11 women during the 1990s in the Englewood and New City neighborhoods on the city's South Side. AP News www.wics.com-33d340ed http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/36d3404a-www.wics.com.shtml BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- Twenty whooping cranes led by four ultra-light aircraft are poised to fly over Central Illinois on their way to wintering grounds in Florida. AP News www.wics.com-36d3404a http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3bd33fa4-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt out if it can. That position is rejected by Democrats Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes. AP News www.wics.com-3bd33fa4 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/39d33f5c-www.wics.com.shtml BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) -- Family and friends of Illinois soldiers Michael Pearson and Francheska Velez understood that their joining the military could cost them their lives. AP News www.wics.com-39d33f5c http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/24d33d98-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police say they believe an armed man dressed in black somehow hid and lay in wait inside a popular Wrigleyville tavern before making an attack on the manager. AP News www.wics.com-24d33d98 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/37d33d86-www.wics.com.shtml PALATINE, Ill. (AP) -- Police say they have broken up a multimillion-dollar marijuana growing ring allegedly run by two men from the Chicago suburbs. AP News www.wics.com-37d33d86 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3dd33c7f-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A Cook County Jail employee has been accused of stealing money from inmates as they were processed into the facility. AP News www.wics.com-3dd33c7f http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2fd33a9b-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Cook County prosecutors say a 14-year-old charged in the beating death of Chicago high school honor student Derrion Albert delivered the punch that rendered the boy unconscious for a brief time. AP News www.wics.com-2fd33a9b http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2bd33a94-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Mosques across the Chicago area are increasing security and asking Muslims to be vigilant for fear of retaliation following the Fort Hood shootings. AP News www.wics.com-2bd33a94 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/38d3387d-www.wics.com.shtml GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) -- A man charged in a two-state killing spree will be tried in the hometown of the first person he's accused of killing. AP News www.wics.com-38d3387d http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/36d3385c-www.wics.com.shtml EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A former worker at an Illinois federal lockup is now headed to federal prison for lying to investigators about a behind-bars tobacco-dealing operation that earned him $35,000. AP News www.wics.com-36d3385c http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/39d337ef-www.wics.com.shtml EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- An Army veteran faces up to 65 years in prison and $1 million in fines after admitting he plotted to bilk the U.S. government and Ford Motor Co. by faking paralysis after a rollover crash. AP News www.wics.com-39d337ef http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2ad3378b-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A second soldier from Illinois has been identified as a victim of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. AP News www.wics.com-2ad3378b http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/32d33764-www.wics.com.shtml GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) -- A man charged in a two-state killing spree now says he doesn't want to plead guilty in the first of the eight deaths to go to trial. AP News www.wics.com-32d33764 http://www.wics.com/