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Bookkeeper gets almost 20 years for stealing $53M from Ill. town

Rita Crundwell

A former bookkeeper for a cash-strapped Illinois town, who admitted embezzling $53 million to finance a lavish lifestyle centered on prize-winning horses, was sentenced Thursday to almost 20 years in prison.

 

Democrat Lt. Gov. nominee says he won't step down

A political newcomer who won the Democratic nomination for Illinois lieutenant governor says he has no intention of leaving the ticket despite new details about his 2005 arrest for allegedly holding a knife to his ...

 

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