Illinois
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Critics call for reform of toll collection systemJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Beyond the thick metal beams stretching over new Open Road Tolling lanes … Behind the eyes of high-tech cameras that click images of speeding cars below … The tollway's ...
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Listen to straight talk from Illinois votersJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - There was a time when candidates used to ball up a fist and knock on doors to sell themselves. Now they hold out their hands for millions in campaign cash for commercial...
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Obama could affect both parties in home stateJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - With both major parties locked in close races where every primary outcome counts, even Illinois-based backers hesitate to focus much yet on Feb. 5, when Illinois residen...
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Obama on a roll, much to the 'disappointment' of angry liberalsJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - When historians look back on Barack Obama's presidential campaign many years from now, let's hope they pick up on one of the most important story lines. You've heard how...
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Taking a heavy tollJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Hunkered in her idling SUV outside the tollway's headquarters, Leslie Boudreau frantically sifts through papers that say she owes $4,619 for blowing $179.50 in tolls ove...
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Who's in 1st? They all areJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The lessons of Iowa and strategy for New Hampshire and beyond? With New Hampshire's primary only two days away and the 22 primaries of Feb. 5 coming up fast, Illinois ba...
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3 charged in 2-year-old boy's death
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - ALTON -- Madison County prosecutors have charged the parents of a two-year-old Alton boy and another woman with first-degree murder in the child's death. Authorities say...
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School aid again falls victim to politicsJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Promised millions of dollars in extra state funding months ago, school districts across Illinois learned Friday they'll be waiting even longer. Gov. Rod B...
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War divides Republican Senate hopefulsJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- None of the three candidates vying for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination want to set a specific timetable for getting troops out of Iraq, but they dif...
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Obama's Iowa victory speech brings double takesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- If you heard Barack Obama's Iowa victory speech, you might conclude Illinois has universal health care. "I'll be a president who finally makes health care...