http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/illinois2010-12-20T14:01:53Z2010-11-12T12:31:35ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-12:/professional-baseball/cubs-owners-state-aid-wrigley-field-4379345a/

<div id="subtitle">Report: Owners of <a title="Chicago Cubs" href="/topic/Chicago+Cubs" >Chicago Cubs</a> want state help in effort to renovate <a title="Wrigley Field" href="/topic/Wrigley+Field" >Wrigley Field</a></div><div><p>The owners of the Chicago Cubs want the help of the state of <span><a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a></span> in their plans to renovate <span>Wrigley Field</span>.</p><p>The <span><a title="Tribune Company" href="/topic/Tribune+Company" >Chicago Tri...

2010-11-29T16:00:51ZHeliumtag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/illinois-state-facts-4604265a/

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2010-11-04T14:46:46ZHeliumtag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-04:/professional-baseball/vacation-destinations-illinois-4225667a/

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2010-04-22T12:00:30ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-22:/professional-baseball/illinois-meet-northwestern-wrigley-912488a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a> and Northwestern to meet in football at <a title="Wrigley Field" href="/topic/Wrigley+Field" >Wrigley Field</a></div><div><p>Football is coming back to Wrigley Field.</p><p>Northwestern and Illinois will play a <a title="Big Ten Conference" href="/topic/Big+Ten+Conference" >Big Ten</a> game at the storied baseball park on Nov. 20. The <a title="Chicago Cubs" href="/topic/Chicago+Cubs" >Chicago Cubs</a> and Northwestern h...

2010-09-22T01:09:57ZArticlesBasetag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-22:/professional-baseball/famous-people-companies-declared-bankruptcy-2009-1512044a/

<P>Do you find yourself wondering who else has been in your position? Who else has suffered through overwhelming amounts of debt and been left needing protection from foreclosure, a solution to credit card debt, and a hiding place from the repo man? You may be surprised to see the celebrity names in the news this year for bankruptcy&#8212;and even more surprised to hear about the big companies who also needed to wipe their slate clean with bankruptcy.</P><P>After a failed entrepreneurial venture...

2010-06-12T00:31:43ZAP Featurestag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/chronology-news-events-2009-798940a/

<div><p>JANUARY</p><p>Jan. 1</p><p>Sixty-six New Year's revelers die and more than 200 are injured in a fire at a <a title="Bangkok" href="/topic/Bangkok" >Bangkok</a> nightclub.</p><p>Longtime <a title="Claiborne Pell" href="/topic/Claiborne+Pell" >Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell</a>, creator of <a title="Pell Grants" href="/topic/Pell+Grants" >Pell Grants</a>, dies at 90.</p><p>Jan. 5</p><p><a title="Bill Richardson (Politician)" href="/topic/Bill+Richardson+(Politician)" >New Mexico Gov. Bil...

2010-04-16T15:35:34ZAP Featurestag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/obituaries-news-291799a/

<div><p><a title="Ed Blake" href="/topic/Ed+Blake" >Ed Blake</a></p><p><a title="Swansea" href="/topic/Swansea" >SWANSEA</a>, Ill. (AP) — Ed Blake, an Illinoisan whose 15 seasons of professional baseball included time spent with the <a title="Cincinnati Reds" href="/topic/Cincinnati+Reds" >Cincinnati Reds</a> and <a title="Oakland Athletics" href="/topic/Oakland+Athletics" >Kansas City Athletics</a>, died Wednesday. He was 83.</p><p>Blake died at <a title="Rosewood Care Center" href="/topic/Rose...

2010-10-21T09:24:24ZAbout.comtag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-21:/professional-baseball/illinois-inauguration-parade-float-2276685a/

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2010-10-06T06:41:13ZArticlesBasetag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-06:/professional-baseball/unique-destinations-1704169a/

<p>Talk to the modest traveler as to where in the United States they would most likely want to visit and you are likely to hear Orlando, New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco.   Big cities with big attractions have always been the staple of good, exciting vacations.    For the lesser known vacation spots such as Arkansas, Texas and Illinois; is it possible to find as exciting a vacation?  I ventured to find out the answer to this question; and what I found was a pleasant surprise to me.</p> <p>I...

2010-09-09T11:00:48ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/thursdays-sports-transactions-1140965a/

<div id="subtitle">Thursday's Sports Transactions</div><div><p><a title="Arizona Diamondbacks" href="/topic/Arizona+Diamondbacks" >ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS</a>_Named <a title="Roland Hemond" href="/topic/Roland+Hemond" >Roland Hemond</a> special assistant to the president.</p><p><a title="Cincinnati Reds" href="/topic/Cincinnati+Reds" >CINCINNATI REDS</a>_Placed <a title="Pedro Lopez (Baseball)" href="/topic/Pedro+Lopez+(Baseball)" >SS Pedro Lopez</a> on the 15-day DL. Activated INF <a title="Juan C...

2010-12-20T14:01:53ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-20:/photo/supermans-hometown-labor-strife-2400316p/

In this Dec. 9, 2010, photo white crosses lset up by locked-out union workers at a <a title="Honeywell International Inc." href="/topic/Honeywell+International+Inc." >Honeywell</a> plant in <a title="Metropolis" href="/topic/Metropolis" >Metropolis</a> _ the adopted southern <a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a> hometown of Superman _ represent former workers the union says died of cancer. The plant, which helps turn radioactive uranium into eventual fuel for nuclear power. lo...

2010-12-08T19:32:34ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-08:/photo/oakland-mich-illinois-basketball-2394549p/

<a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a>' guard <a title="Brandon Paul" href="/topic/Brandon+Paul" >Brandon Paul</a> (3) loses the ball after a block by <a title="Oakland" href="/topic/Oakland" >Oakland</a> (<a title="Michigan" href="/topic/Michigan" >Mich.</a>) guard <a title="Reggie Hamilton" href="/topic/Reggie+Hamilton" >Reggie Hamilton</a> (23) during the first half of an <a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Associatio...

2010-12-07T13:01:52ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-07:/photo/casino-competition-2393792p/

This March 16, 2005 file photo shows the Alton Belle Casino, left, on the <a title="Mississippi River" href="/topic/Mississippi+River" >Mississippi River</a> in <a title="Alton" href="/topic/Alton" >Alton</a>, Ill. <a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a>, desperate for relief from its budget woes, is considering a massive casino expansion that experts say could leave neighboring states playing for smaller stakes and could even squeeze out some of the competition from within. Ill...

2010-12-01T19:33:53ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-01:/photo/unlv-illinois-st-basketball-2390795p/

<a title="UNLV Rebels (Basketball)" href="/topic/UNLV+Rebels+(Basketball)" >UNLV</a>'s <a title="Derrick Jasper" href="/topic/Derrick+Jasper" >Derrick Jasper</a> (5) and <a title="Tre'Von Willis" href="/topic/Tre'Von+Willis" >Tre'von Willis</a> (33) race to a loose ball ahead of <a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois State</a>'s Tony Lewis (34) during the first half of an <a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" >NCA...

2010-11-26T20:31:48ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-26:/photo/purdue-southern-illinois-basketball-2387942p/

Southern <a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a> head coach <a title="Chris Lowery" href="/topic/Chris+Lowery" >Chris Lowery</a>, right, talks to <a title="Mamadou Seck" href="/topic/Mamadou+Seck" >Mamadou Seck</a> against <a title="Purdue University" href="/topic/Purdue+University" >Purdue</a> at the 5th annual <a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" >Chicago</a> Invitational (Basketball) Challenge in <a title="Hoffman Estates" href="/topic/Hoffman+Estates" >Hoffman Estates</a...