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Voters looking in different directions in presidential race

By George Will
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Like the Roman god Janus, from which this godforsaken month takes its name, the two parties' voters in two states have looked in different directions. These states perha...
Vandals deface tombstones

Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Cook County authorities say nearly 60 tombstones were defaced with swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases in a primarily Jewish cemetery in suburban Chicago. Sheriff Tom Dar...
Three million on state donor registry

Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has announced a milestone for the state's organ donor registry, saying more than 3 million people signed up. White says the First...
Senate candidates differ on economic remedy

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The three Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls all agree the country is either in or headed toward an economic recession, though they have differing plans to f...
Suspects plead not guilty to U of C student's death

Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Two men have pleaded not guilty in the death and attempted robbery of a 28-year-old University of Chicago graduate student from Senegal. A third man has been indicted on...
Authorities say tombs vandalized at Jewish cemetery is hate crime

Associated Press
Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Cook County authorities say nearly 60 tombstones were defaced with swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases in a primarily Jewish cemetery in near Norridge. Sheriff Tom Dart c...
More school disclosure required

Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - In addition to giving Illinois schools another $560 million, the budget implementation law approved by state lawmakers Thursday requires school boards to give the public...
Chicago sex trade study criticized

Associated Press
Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Researchers have concluded in a yet-to-be published study of the economics of prostitution in Chicago that the women were forced to service police officers, worked more...
Ryan's prison address would bar trip to accept Nobel Prize

By David Beery Daily Herald Staff
Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - One more potential indignity for former Gov. George Ryan. Beyond the eight-digit prisoner number. In addition to being paid between 12 cents and a dollar an hour to do m...
Mother's taped confession says she killed autistic daughter to 'fix' her

Associated Press
Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - PEKIN -- A woman accused of killing her autistic daughter testified Friday that she attempted to suffocate the 3-year-old with a pillow three days before she succeeded w...

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