Illinois
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Taking a political jab with his left hook
Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - SALEM, Ore. -- So a U.S. Senate candidate with a metal hook for a left hand walks into a bar. The candidate, Steve Novick, has bellied up next to a voter and the two tal...
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Lakes report cites gapFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Local governments devote about $15 billion annually on Great Lakes environmental programs and the U.S. and Canadian governments aren't paying their fair share, a new rep...
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From brainwashing to the voter's boothFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - The lack of quotes from Republican leaders in your article about allowing 17 year olds to vote in Illinois proves what we conservatives have known all along. The younge...
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Businessman disappears after boarding flight to Hong Kong
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Lawmakers push for income tax increaseFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Only a week after the governor said taxpayers are overburdened and need a break, his allies in the Illinois Senate responded by pushing higher taxes. An I...
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Probation for baby's deathFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A Cook County Juvenile Court judge has sentenced a 16-year-old Sauk Village girl who suffocated her newborn daughter and placed the baby in the trash to five years of pr...
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ISU investigates graffiti threatening 'next NIU'
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Group home director outFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The director of the Maryville Academy Farm Campus in Durand, a group home for troubled girls, has left his job after a background check uncovered previously undisclosed ...
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Lawmakers push for income tax increaseFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Only a week after the governor said taxpayers are overburdened and need a break, his allies in the Illinois Senate responded by pushing higher taxes. An I...
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Gun advocates say NIU is being usedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gun advocates accused lawmakers of trying to politically capitalize on the Northern Illinois University shootings by pressing ahead Wednesday with a series...