Illinois
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Senate candidates differ on economic remedyJan 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...
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Suspects plead not guilty to U of C student's deathJan 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...
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Authorities say tombs vandalized at Jewish cemetery is hate crime
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...
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More school disclosure requiredJan 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...
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Chicago sex trade study criticized
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Ryan's prison address would bar trip to accept Nobel PrizeJan 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...
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Mother's taped confession says she killed autistic daughter to 'fix' her
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Record crop harvestedJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Farmers in Illinois and the rest of the country harvested a record corn crop last year as an ethanol boom raged across the Midwest, but production of soybeans statewide ...
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Attorney for Drew Peterson asks for clemency for missing wife
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State law diverts public money to private schoolsJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois private schools will receive millions of public dollars previously reserved for public schools, under the budget implementation law passed Thursday. The provisi...