AP Wire News en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:40:10 GMT Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:40:10 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2c9ce5d4-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police say a 53-year-old man died when he fell under the Chicago Transit Authority bus he was trying to catch on the city's West Side. AP News www.wics.com-2c9ce5d4 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/379ce5ab-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Once again this summer, visitors to Chicago's Navy Pier will be able to soar above the city in a tethered balloon. AP News www.wics.com-379ce5ab http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2e9ce4f1-www.wics.com.shtml OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities say they have arrested a LaSalle man and a teenager, also from LaSalle, for allegedly stabbing a man from Mendota during the course of a robbery. AP News www.wics.com-2e9ce4f1 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2d9ce240-www.wics.com.shtml OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A new survey of rural bankers in 11 Midwest and Plains states shows continued weakness in the agriculture industry, but also signs of improvement. AP News www.wics.com-2d9ce240 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/279ce168-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- No more breakfast in bed for Cook County Jail inmates. AP News www.wics.com-279ce168 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3a9ce157-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago developer has been convicted of bribing an alderman with $37,000 worth of windows, doors, painting and air conditioning for his home. AP News www.wics.com-3a9ce157 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/229ce01d-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- The chief investigator who helped compile a new report on the gunman who killed five students in a Northern Illinois University classroom in 2008 says he had mixed feelings about its release. AP News www.wics.com-229ce01d http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3f9cdf84-www.wics.com.shtml OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) -- Bond has been set at $200,000 for the wife of a former LaSalle County state's attorney charged with arson in connection with a fire at an Ottawa home. AP News www.wics.com-3f9cdf84 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/379cdf76-www.wics.com.shtml MONMOUTH, Ill. (AP) -- A 56-year-old Monmouth man has pleaded not guilty in the killing a 3-year-old girl more than 11 years ago. AP News www.wics.com-379cdf76 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2f9cdf11-www.wics.com.shtml CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- A Champaign mother has been charged with helping her 13-year-old daughter fight another girl at a middle school. AP News www.wics.com-2f9cdf11 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/379cdd5a-www.wics.com.shtml SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A bill that would have given the state's voters a say in who oversees the University of Illinois has failed in the state House of Representatives. AP News www.wics.com-379cdd5a http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/289cdd17-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal official says the Obama administration wants to buy a nearly vacant prison in northwestern Illinois even if Guantanamo Bay detainees aren't transferred there. AP News www.wics.com-289cdd17 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/249cdc28-www.wics.com.shtml ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) -- A 36-year-old Chicago area media executive has been named publisher of the Kane County Chronicle. AP News www.wics.com-249cdc28 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/339cdc02-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- After making her mark on fashion by creating clothing for first lady Michelle Obama and other celebrities, designer Maria Pinto says she's closing her Chicago boutique because of the poor economy. AP News www.wics.com-339cdc02 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/279cdb60-www.wics.com.shtml EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- The third and final Boeing 747-8 Freighter to take part in the new jet's flight test program has flown for the first time. AP News www.wics.com-279cdb60 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/309cdb48-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois Supreme Court says Champaign-based Provena Covenant Medical Center didn't provide enough charity services to be exempt from property taxes. AP News www.wics.com-309cdb48 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/349cd4f0-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- The nonprofit UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation is seeking grant applications from Illinois families in need of financial assistance for their children's health needs. AP News www.wics.com-349cd4f0 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/399cd4d3-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A big new nationwide study on personalizing breast cancer treatment has Illinois connections. AP News www.wics.com-399cd4d3 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3d9cd4ca-www.wics.com.shtml BARRY, Ill. (AP) -- A historic landmark in Illinois could someday become a national park. AP News www.wics.com-3d9cd4ca http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/379cd4c3-www.wics.com.shtml SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities have announced fluoridation awards for Illinois communities that maintained state fluoride levels in their drinking water for all of 2009 or longer. AP News www.wics.com-379cd4c3 http://www.wics.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/259cd4c3-www.wics.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- The Census Bureau is blowing its 2010 form way out of proportion. AP News www.wics.com-259cd4c3 http://www.wics.com/