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• California court ruling boosts issue

  Illinois gay rights activists are hailing the California Supreme Court's ruling that a gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. And they're hoping it will lead to the allowing of civil unions in the Land of Lincoln.

• NIU shooting victims to get posthumous degrees

  Northern Illinois University plans to honor the five students killed in a campus shooting this year when the university holds its commencement ceremony on Saturday.

• Lawmakers aim at computer hoarding of concert tickets

  Hannah Montana was the last straw.

• Courtroom sketch artist emerges as sharp-eyed reporter

  Armed only with colored pencils and a touch of ink, Andy Austin has been capturing the faces of judges, mobsters, murderers, prosecutors, politicians and defense lawyers for four decades.

• Appellate court rules Chicago not liable in club stampede

  An Illinois appellate court ruled Friday that the city of Chicago cannot be held liable for a 2003 nightclub stampede that killed 21 people and injured dozens more.

• Ill. Guard unit returning from Iraq with no casualties

  A Springfield-based National Guard Unit is scheduled to return from Iraq after almost a yearlong deployment, with good news: The unit didn't sustain any casualties.

• Longtime activist to retire

  A longtime pastor and community activist on Chicago's South Side is retiring.

• McLean County village left without police

  The central Illinois community of Stanford is without a police department.

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