Illinois
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NIU grad killed in combat
Feb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- The 82nd Airborne Division says a North Carolina-based paratrooper from Illinois has died from wounds he sustained during combat in Iraq. The divisio...
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Money matters, but it doesn't decide
Feb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Money helped winnow the presidential field. It hasn't determined who each party's nominee will be. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have prov...
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Immigrant voter drives paying off
Feb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Nearly 30 years after immigrating to Illinois from Mexico, 54-year-old Frederico Gutierrez plans to vote in his first U.S. election. Gutierrez, who became an American ci...
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Gunman kills five at store near I-80
Feb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - TINLEY PARK -- A gunman fatally shot five women in a robbery at a store in a suburban Chicago strip mall before fleeing Saturday, prompting police to sweep through neigh...
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Stalled Amtrak train back en route to Chicago
Feb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The train that had to stay parked overnight on snowy tracks high in the Sierra Nevada is chugging along again en route to Chicago, an Amtrak spokeswoman...
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Stop coming back to taxpayers for moreFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - How much is enough? Every year multiple government agencies come to tax holders saying they need more money. This is despite the fact that the school system and county g...
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How to make your vote count TuesdayFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - If you're not careful in the voting booth Tuesday, your vote for president may not count. In the Republican race, the top-ballot votes for president are considered a mea...
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Make way for young voting blocFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Music has long been a facet of the Illinois treasurer's office. For years it was Republican Judy Baar Topinka and her accordion. Now, however, the office ...
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Vandalism suspect heldFeb 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities say a 21-year-old man faces hate crime charges for defacing nearly 60 graves with swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases in a primarily Jewish cemetery near Norr...
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Citgo pays for violationsFeb 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Citgo Petroleum Corp. has paid more than $155,000 in fines over unsafe working conditions discovered at its refinery in Lemont. The Occupational Safety and Health Admini...