Illinois
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Obama cuts into Clinton support
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Exit polls in Wisconsin offered ominous warnings for Sen. Hillary Clinton as she tries to reconstitute her political base in Ohio, Texas and elsewhere. Obama defeated he...
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Lawmakers await state budgetFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- On one hand, state lawmakers say Gov. Rod Blagojevich needs to own up to the state's financial problems and propose some belt-tightening. On the other, th...
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Veteran prosecutor Mitchell Mars made big dent on Outfit
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutor Mitchell A. Mars who sent Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo and other big-name mobsters to prison, has died of lung cancer, officials announ...
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New Northwestern University music buildingFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Northwestern University has announced construction of a new $90 million music building that will have the latest technology and a 400-seat recital hall. The 116,000-squa...
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22-vehicle pileup closes I-94 in northwest Indiana
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A six-mile stretch of westbound Interstate 94 in northern Indiana was closed early today after a chain-reaction wreck involving nearly two dozen vehicles, police said. N...
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Regime change in Cuba won't be boost for IllinoisFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - In the fall of 1999, a newly-elected Gov. George Ryan lead a delegation to Cuba intending to lay the groundwork for Illinois firms should a regime change end the U.S. em...
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Governor's prepared State of the State address
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's remarks as prepared for his Wednesday State of the State address. In a time of economic challenge, it is our challenge to offer a way forward...
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Evanston police changes internal probe policiesFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The Evanston Police Department says it is changing the way it investigates itself. Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington said his department is working to create an ad...
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Missing 93-year-old woman found dead in Will County
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Will County sheriff's deputies found a missing 93-year-old woman from Country Club Hills dead in her car in a field in New Lenox Township. Mildred Weaver was reported mi...
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The super power of super votesFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Superdelegates have been part of Democratic Party lexicon since 1982. But for 26 years few people have known -- or much cared -- who they are or what they do. Now people...