Illinois
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Can Clinton win without hurting the Democratic Party?May 05, 2008 11:00 pm - On the day last week when Hillary Clinton suffered the first of two costly defections by Indiana superdelegates, I went to see an old friend working in her national camp...
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Paper boy called hero for helping elderly customer
May 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A nine-year-old Sycamore paper boy is being called a hero for helping save the life of an elderly customer. Ethan Hall was delivering papers in Sycamore on Saturday when...
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Senators insist day off isn't for Obama's benefitMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With their former colleague vying for votes in neighboring Indiana, the Illinois Senate has called off work today, a move one Republican said is improper g...
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Uno, the champion beagle, visits with the president
May 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The champion beagle named Uno celebrated his third birthday by going from the dog house to the White House. The Westminster Kennel Club's best in show in F...
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New director takes over at Danville VA hospital
May 05, 2008 11:00 pm - DANVILLE -- A new director's on the job at the Veterans Affairs Administration hospital that serves central and eastern Illinois and parts of Indiana. Michael Hamilton t...
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Prosecution rests; Rezko to present no defense witnessesMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Antoin "Tony" Rezko's defense attorneys staked their case Monday on the prospect that jurors have found more credibility problems than compelling evidence during weeks o...
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Wis. plane crash victim was Illnois man
May 05, 2008 11:00 pm - BRODHEAD, Wis. -- The pilot killed in a single-engine plane crash in Wisconsin has been identified as a 77-year-old Illinois man. The cause of Monday's crash near the Br...
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Illinois lawmakers try to keep FutureGen alive
May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Illinois' congressional delegation is searching for ways to keep the FutureGen clean-coal power plant once planned for central Illinois alive until a new pr...
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Recall will be an issue this fall
May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Minutes after the Illinois Senate blocked a recall amendment to the state constitution, Republicans began trying to transform the decision into a politica...
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Mounties? In the suburbs?
May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - FRANKFORT -- Police in the Will County community of Frankfort are considering a new community relations project -- mounting some of their officers on horseback. Officer ...