Illinois
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Five dead in clothing store attack in Tinley Park
Feb 01, 2008 10:00 pm - A gunman fatally shot five people in a robbery at a store in a suburban Chicago strip mall and fled Saturday, prompting police to sweep through neighboring shops as ter...
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Briefs: $10 million for schoolsJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Three underperforming Chicago high schools are expected to benefit from a little more than $10 million to be donated by the Gates Foundation to help convert them into te...
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Republican Senate candidates have little experience but firm opinionsJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Among the few things the three Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls have in common would be that none of them has ever been elected before. But on most other i...
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State cheerleading finals down to one dayJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois cheerleading championships are down to one day -- and everything will ride on one performance only. Alarmed by the weather and the travel conditions, the Il...
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Romney likens McCain tactics to Nixon's
Jan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused his rival John McCain of adopting underhanded tactics from Richard Nixon, the GOP president w...
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GOP turns up heat here, while Clinton backs offJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Republicans ratcheted up their push for suburban votes Thursday as the Hillary Clinton campaign appeared to back away from a costly fight in Barack Obama's home state. ...
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McCain, Obama are getting closer to gaining nominationJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Heading into Tuesday's unprecedented day of voting in two dozen states, a degree of order is emerging in the dramatic races for the presidential nominations of both part...
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Obama says a vote for Clinton is 'a step back'
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - DENVER -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidency would be a step back to the past, turning her husband's image of a bridge to th...
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Are early voters excited about the home team?Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Feel free to apply your own interpretation and decide whether it's a harbinger, an aberration or something else altogether. But here's the situation: As Illinois' early...
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7.2 million eligible to voteJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - More than 7.2 million Illinoisans can officially go to the polls and cast their votes on Super Tuesday. State election officials say that number of registered voters fo...