Illinois
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How Democrats can best unify the Republican PartyFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Forewarned, Democrats now are forearmed -- not that they will necessarily make sensible use of the gift. Tuesday's voting armed Democratic voters with the name of the ca...
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How Obama mystique has grownFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - On an early March night nearly four years ago in Chicago, Barack Obama supporters milled about the Hyatt Regency, munching on cheese trays and making small talk while re...
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Early primary helps McCainFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - In a push to help presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's campaign, Illinois Democrats moved up the state's primary to Feb. 5 from March. But a day after Super Tuesday,...
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Senate Republicans block bid to expand stimulus bill
Feb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans blocked a move by Democrats on Wednesday to add more than $40 billion in checks for the elderly, disabled veterans and the unemployed to...
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DNA test leads to arrest in 1989 murder
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Lincoln letter to newspaper publisher for sale
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This time, the Illinois primary matteredFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Think back to the Illinois presidential primary in 2004, when voters here had no say in who would emerge as the candidates for the White House in November. Democrat Joh...
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McCain's beginning to look like a formidable candidateFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The continuing drama of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination should not diminish what John McCain has accomplished on the Republican side of this campaign...
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Clinton wins -- at least near hometownFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton may have lost the state she grew up in, but she scraped out a victory among voters around her hometown of Park Ridge. Voters in Maine Township, which in...
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Now, every delegate matters for presidential candidatesFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Presidential candidates barely paused for breath after Super Tuesday before plunging ahead with the next phase of their campaigns. With good reason. For Democrats Hillar...