http://www.saukvalley.comThe latest news from the saukvalley.com websiteen-usWASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama’s old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_gm9h0whbrn6ysvb39bntcw/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_gm9h0whbrn6ysvb39bntcw/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) – In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_u_oxwkbdrk2iqaf_myjmnw/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_u_oxwkbdrk2iqaf_myjmnw/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTLAKE VILLA (AP) – Lake County authorities say they arrested a 33-year-old school bus driver after she allegedly showed elementary school children sexually orientated animated video clips.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_gaebmixnrdetqlo_idh0qg/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_gaebmixnrdetqlo_idh0qg/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTCHICAGO (AP) – Fifteen people with ties to the Mexican drug cartel La Familia Michoacana have been indicted on charges of taking part in a major Chicago-area cocaine conspiracy, prosecutors announced Friday.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_hdgjavorfglaoeqlw2tlq/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_hdgjavorfglaoeqlw2tlq/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTTAMMS (AP) – Although he’s confined to his cell for all but about an hour on most days, Steven Wuebbels doesn’t mind being isolated at Illinois’ lone “supermax” prison – a place human rights activists consider inhumane.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_hjk9flpktf2ijvfczi9zxa/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_hjk9flpktf2ijvfczi9zxa/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTSPRINGFIELD (AP) — Illinois is reporting nine new deaths and 241 new hospitalizations from swine flu.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/73681235/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/73681235/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:56 GMTPEORIA (AP) — A state senator from Peoria says he fought off an armed robber who interrupted him while he was doing some remodeling at his business.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/88200450/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/88200450/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:19 GMTCHICAGO (AP) – Mentally ill residents of Illinois nursing homes often don’t know their rights and some are confined against their will, a lawyer with 35 years’ experience in mental health law told a state task force Thursday.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_idbn5czr4glamzntiam6a/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_idbn5czr4glamzntiam6a/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:00 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) – The president of the Illinois Senate says state lawmakers have no formal control over whether terrorism suspects wind up being housed in the state.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_k0w2jdj9tjk47vcc_xv8ma/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_k0w2jdj9tjk47vcc_xv8ma/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:00 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/09843447/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/09843447/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:19 GMTSPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois has launched an online tool consumers can use to find an unprecedented amount of information on hospitals and surgical centers.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_lotvzkb2tkayxu0_qepc_g/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_lotvzkb2tkayxu0_qepc_g/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — Illinois' unemployment rate continued to climb last month, rising to its highest level in more than a quarter century, officials reported Thursday.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/19/81122428/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/19/81122428/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 19:15:19 GMTCHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes disagreed over the best way to raise the state income tax but agreed on their support for a government-run health insurance program during two debates Wednesday between the rival Democratic candidates for governor.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/19/12438291/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/19/12438291/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 16:16:17 GMTSPRINGFIELD (AP) – Political organizations are churning out news releases. Hesitant candidates are gradually taking positions. Politicians are trying to steer the debate their way.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/19/69127961/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/19/69127961/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 16:08:43 GMTCHICAGO (AP) – Funeral services will be held later in the day for a 21-year-old Chicago soldier who was killed during the shooting rampage at Fort Hood.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_6vzgbo8vqvmv5kpdq_pyea/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_6vzgbo8vqvmv5kpdq_pyea/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:44:00 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — A change in the way skyscrapers are measured has the Trump International Hotel & Tower standing a bit taller these days and now stands as the world's sixth tallest building and not the seventh.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/05619299/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/05619299/index.xmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 20:47:32 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says a deal to sell a prison in northwestern Illinois to the federal government to house Guantanamo Bay detainees "probably" will happen.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/05143599/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/05143599/index.xmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 20:23:37 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — A Republican congressman from Illinois said Tuesday that his comment that suspected terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay follow a "savage religion" has been misinterpreted.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/24264611/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/24264611/index.xmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 06:16:21 GMTPEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Police say they have apprehended one of two men who escaped from the Peoria County Jail.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/55359972/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/55359972/index.xmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 06:12:39 GMTSPRINGFIELD (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that, despite significant progress last week, Illinois farmers were only a little more than halfway through their corn harvest before the latest heavy rains.http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/28466304/index.xmlhttp://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/11/18/28466304/index.xmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 06:10:58 GMT