Illinois
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Three 'M's' - media, money, momentum, helping ObamaFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Green is Director-Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg Presidential nomination politics rests on the three "M's" -- money, media and mom...
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Northwestern dean's quotes under scrutinyFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of the Medill School of Journalism. John...
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Officials reject state test requestsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Department of Education officials this month rejected Illinois requests to ease the blow of dropping a special test for students who are still learning English. The...
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Coroner: Drew Peterson's 3rd wife murdered
Feb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Amid the search for a former police officer's fourth wife, an autopsy on the exhumed body of the man's third wife found what her relatives have long suspected -- her de...
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Rezko lawyers want to bar list of state workers he sponsored
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Legislators step into Antioch frayFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers are taking sides in a lingering rift among Antioch officials. On Thursday, the Illinois House approved banning village trustees from hirin...
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Prison wing may closeFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants to close an 80-year-old portion of Stateville prison in Joliet favor of a new-but-vacant facility in Carroll County, officials confirmed Thurs...
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Inspired by a woman's leadership - as long it's provided by a manFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - On Tuesday, I got a sarcastic e-mail from a Hillary supporter. She forwarded a crack made by Howard Wolfson, Clinton's media man, about Obama. "Senator Clinton," he scof...
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Fugitive caught in SouthFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities in Tennessee have captured a murder suspect who was on the run for more than a decade from police in Illinois. Police say 34-year-old Jacer Medina shot and k...
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Family gives back dogFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - A South suburban family has relinquished custody of a Siberian husky to a Tennessee couple during an arbitration hearing. The move ended a yearlong quest by Chip and Kar...