AP Wire News en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:10:10 GMT Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:10:10 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/26bc02bd-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn said he will outline next week about $1 billion in cuts to state government operations. AP News www.wics.com-26bc02bd http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/24bc0271-www.wics.com.shtml SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett is running for Illinois attorney general. AP News www.wics.com-24bc0271 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3dbc018d-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Veteran Chicago broadcaster Norman Pellegrini, who served as program director at fine arts station WFMT-FM 98.7 for more than 43 years has died at age 79. AP News www.wics.com-3dbc018d http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2abc0115-www.wics.com.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Illinois bank was 46th to fail in the United States this year and the seventh to fail in the state. AP News www.wics.com-2abc0115 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/34bc00c9-www.wics.com.shtml BUTLER, Mo. (AP) -- A western Missouri sheriff says a fugitive who had been on the run for 25 years fatally shot himself after being cornered in a house where he was living under an alias. AP News www.wics.com-34bc00c9 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/24bc0053-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Air traffic controllers in the Chicago area say they feel "vindicated" by a federal audit which criticizes the Federal Aviation Administration for not acting sooner to alleviate controller fatigue. AP News www.wics.com-24bc0053 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/23bc0002-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A spokeswoman for United Airlines says that as of this afternoon, 100 flights had been canceled at O'Hare International Airport because of a computer glitch. AP News www.wics.com-23bc0002 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2abbffc9-www.wics.com.shtml ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) -- A former suburban Chicago firefighter has been found guilty of bilking his fire protection district out of nearly $200,000 in military leave benefits. AP News www.wics.com-2abbffc9 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2ebbfee1-www.wics.com.shtml SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois' top doctor says it's important for people to continue to take precautions and practice good hygiene, even though the rate of new swine flu cases has slowed. AP News www.wics.com-2ebbfee1 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/35bbfe6b-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago Department of Public Health commissioner Terry Mason has called the state budget battle in Springfield "a political game." AP News www.wics.com-35bbfe6b http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/32bbfdeb-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- The collection jars for spare change to help with unpaid medical bills sit next to cash registers across America. AP News www.wics.com-32bbfdeb http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2abbfd00-www.wics.com.shtml WHEATON, Ill. (AP) -- Police in DuPage County say they're worried 5,000 pounds of high-powered, commercial-grade fireworks were stolen and resold in smaller quantities to the public. AP News www.wics.com-2abbfd00 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/38bbfc6c-www.wics.com.shtml CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- While Southern Illinois University has complied with a federal subpoena from prosecutors investigating ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, two other schools haven't. AP News www.wics.com-38bbfc6c http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/21bbfc21-www.wics.com.shtml ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) -- A massive turntable that could someday be the centerpiece of the proposed West Virginia Railroad Museum is coming to Elkins. AP News www.wics.com-21bbfc21 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2fbbfbfc-www.wics.com.shtml BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- A central Illinois judge will allow DNA testing of blood and hair that a 42-year-old man hopes will clear him in his father's 1991 murder. AP News www.wics.com-2fbbfbfc http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/30bbfbf1-www.wics.com.shtml METROPOLIS, Ill. (AP) -- A planned riverfront development in Superman's adoptive home of Metropolis is being foiled by the recession. AP News www.wics.com-30bbfbf1 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3fbbfa45-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- United Airlines passengers hoping to get a jump on their holiday weekend travel instead are stranded at O'Hare International Airport this morning. AP News www.wics.com-3fbbfa45 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/23bbf9b1-www.wics.com.shtml BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Crowding in the St. Clair County Jail is forcing the release of many of its prisoners. AP News www.wics.com-23bbf9b1 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2cbbf977-www.wics.com.shtml EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (AP) -- A man suspected of killing his wife in Rockford, Ill. has been arrested in northern Wisconsin. AP News www.wics.com-2cbbf977 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2fbbf969-www.wics.com.shtml FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- Authorities say a worker died after he suffered an electrical shock while repairing a machine at a Fort Wayne bakery plant. AP News www.wics.com-2fbbf969 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/38bbf37b-www.wics.com.shtml SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- An Illinois agency has begun recovery efforts at Rock River, where tens of thousands of fish suddenly died on the same weekend as an explosive train derailment in northern Illinois. AP News www.wics.com-38bbf37b http://www.wics.com/