Illinois
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5 injured in Riverdale bar shooting
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say five people were injured overnight during a shooting at a bar in the south Chicago suburb of Riverdale. Police Chief Greg Baker says shots were fired after a ...
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Students lobby for alternative schoolsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- By age 15, Komaneque Bobbett thought she'd lost everything. Depressed and angry, she'd been kicked out of school. But the Aurora teen landed a spot in No...
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Warning labels would have 'chilling effect,' critics argueMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Stricter warning labels proposed for toys containing a legal amount of lead would have a "chilling effect" on consumers, one suburban lawmaker argued Tues...
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Clintons, GOP; what's better?May 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm sure most seniors living on meager social security income recall that President Bill Clinton imposed an income tax on our social security, which has making ends meet...
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Senator wants lease voidedMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A senator is calling on the state to cancel its office lease with a firm linked to political fundraiser Antoin Rezko and seek the return of $3.4 million in rent paid sin...
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Woman dies weeks after being pinned by her husband's body
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Illinois first openly gay legislator dies
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Issues of war and peace will factor heavily in campaignMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The game-changing events in the 2008 campaign are issues of war and peace. Both may be in play between now and November, in ways that add extra volatility to the presid...
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Police: Remains found in Ill. are those of central NY woman
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State honors Tutu with portrait in Lincoln libraryMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Famed South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu tugged away a red cloth to unveil his portrait at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Tuesday, took sever...