Illinois
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Police admit ID checks in casinos turn up more than problem gamblersJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - When the Illinois Gaming Board first proposed checking IDs of patrons to keep problem gamblers out of casinos, the Illinois casino industry objected with high-minded con...
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Smoking tax could be part of bus, train bailoutJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Having literally kicked smokers to the curb in recent days, lawmakers may now look to raise cigarette taxes to keep Chicago-area buses and trains running. ...
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Briefs: Child molester sentencedJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A Mount Prospect man who admitted to repeatedly molesting a female relative has earned 14 years behind bars. Ronald Sampson, 25, formerly of 413 E. Lincoln St., has been...
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Don't read too much into the results of the caucuses in IowaJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- One final reminder: When you're reading returns from the Iowa caucuses, remember you are viewing them through a double distortion mirror. The outcom...
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Mentalist offering services in missing wife case
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A celebrity mentalist is offering his services in the search for Stacy Peterson, the missing 23-year-old mother from Bolingbrook. The Amazing Kreskin says the case is c...
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It's a caucus-watching party at North CentralJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Perhaps the largest television-viewing party at North Central College tonight won't center around a college football bowl game or "Grey's Anatomy" re-run. Instead, the s...
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Cross: Politics as usual in 2008Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois House Republican leader Tom Cross of Oswego recently sat down with Daily Herald Senior State Government Editor John Patterson to discuss the poli...
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Bhutto provided the kind of leadership that the world needsJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto might have been prevented had she and her husband heeded advice from friends. Former U.S. Ambassador C...
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Man charged in deadly apartment fire
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Briefs: Chicago police seize gunsJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago police seize guns Chicago police say they seized 45 weapons off the city's streets on New Year's eve. The weapons included a semiautomatic pistol, a .22 caliber ...