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Lawmakers racing the clock on budgetMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An elusive, multibillion-dollar construction spending spree remained out of lawmakers' grasp Wednesday as pressure grows daily for them to strike an accor...
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Investors press lenders on bad loansMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Already burned by bad mortgages on their books, lenders now are feeling rising heat from loans they sold to investors. Unhappy buyers of subprime mortgages, home-equity ...
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A vicious cycle of debtMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Shondra McCalebb of Hanover Park has struggled to pay utilities, rent, food and other bills while raising her four children. In the process, she has learned firsthand ho...
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Second trial OK'd for two former copsMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A McHenry County judge Wednesday upheld his previous ruling that ordered a new trial for two former police officers convicted last year of beating a handcuffed man durin...
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Feds open grasslands for haying, grazingMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. -- The federal government is allowing millions of acres of land now left idle to be used for haying and grazing, after birds have finished nesting on gras...
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State lawmakers reconsider emergency traffic legislationMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- When Illinois lawmakers approved "Scott's Law" in 2002, they intended to protect emergency personnel at roadside crash sites by strictly increasing penalt...
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New law makes escape tougher for tax exilesMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been called "the ultimate estate plan": moving to a desert island or other far-off locale to escape the clutches of the Internal Revenue Service. Indeed, hundreds o...
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UPS planning air deal with DHLMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Wednesday it is working toward an agreement with DHL's U.S. Express unit to carry air shipments for some...
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MCC offers historic school tourMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Travel back in time to historic one-room schools in McHenry County with a one-day motor coach tour sponsored by McHenry County College from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 7. The...
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Cruel act or discipline?May 28, 2008 11:00 pm - When substitute teacher Matthew Konetski taped a second-grade student to his chair two years ago, was it a matter corralling an out-of-control student or discipline gone...