Illinois
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House wants governor's signs goneMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Future governors would be barred from plastering their names across tollway billboards with taxpayers' money, under a measure the Illinois House approved ...
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Jacksons seek documentsMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his congressman son say they will file Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain any e-mail documents from the Secret Service in which age...
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California court ruling boosts Illinois issue
May 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois gay rights activists are hailing the California Supreme Court's ruling that a gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. And they are hoping it will lead to the allo...
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2 die in nursing home fireMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Fire at a Niles nursing home has claimed the lives of two men and left two other people injured. Niles police say the blaze began late Wednesday in a third-floor room at...
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State: Food stamps, WIC at highest level ever in Illinois
May 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Human Services says more Illinoisans than ever are getting help from the government to buy food. Officials say the number of ho...
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Voter ID proposal rejected along party linesMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An attempt to require Illinois voters to show identification before casting a ballot was rejected Thursday by Democratic lawmakers. The proposal would hav...
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Moment of silence changes rejected during Senate committee debate
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State senators potentially killed an effort to change the embattled moment of silence for schools law Wednesday after a confusing debate that mixed ...
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Police: Manager in store shooting a hero for calling 911
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say the manager of a suburban Chicago clothing store stayed to call 911 instead of fleeing from a gunman when she had the chance. Rhoda McFarland and four other w...
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NIU says thank youMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 200 people were honored at Northern Illinois University for their role in responding to a campus shooting spree earlier this year. The DeKalb university held a...
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Anatomy of what will be an Obama nomination victoryMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Green is director, Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg As the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination battle winds down (despite Hilla...