Illinois
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Congressional hopeful offers new name for King DayJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - If elected, congressional candidate Kenneth Arnold says he'd seek to have Martin Luther King Jr. Day renamed to make it more inclusive. Arnold, a candidate in the 8th C...
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Illinois' first-person registry increases organ donations
Jan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Organ and tissue donation has increased by 20 percent in Illinois since the state's first-person donor registry became law in 2006. The Secretary of State...
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Friends and relatives of missing Bolingbrook woman hold vigil
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Does Clinton have a shot in Obama's state?Jan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - In the Northwest suburbs, a handful of Hillary Clinton supporters are planting the seeds for a campaign to win voters in what is largely considered Barack Obama country....
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Student who put his candidate in a song wants autograph, tooJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Hey there, Obama, this 12-year-old wants your autograph. But it's not just any old autograph he's seeking. Chaz got a detention for singing without his teacher's permi...
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Obama donates money linked to Rezko
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For president, Democrats: Barack ObamaJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Every long now and then, a transcendent figure arrives on the landscape of history. That, in sharpest essence, is Sen. Barack Obama and his politics of hope in the campa...
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Emotions decide if learning happensJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - This is my last comment on the issue of schools and teaching. Mr. Bill Bishop states that "Emotions obscure School Finance 101." While the Herald may have presented in a...
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U of I seeks $50 millionJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The University of Illinois plans to ask the state for an extra $50 million over the next five years for its medical school. University officials say that, without the mo...
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State adds 5,200 jobs in DecemberJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Illinois employers added 5,200 new jobs during December, the highest over-the-month job gain since June, according to data released this week by the U.S. Depa...