Illinois
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Report: Blacks more likely to be jailed for drug crimes
Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - A new report finds blacks in Cook County are imprisoned for drug crimes at 58 times the rate of whites. The report by the Washington, D.C.-based Justice Policy Institute...
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Ill. sportscaster faces trial on drug arrest
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Briefs: Transit vote next week?Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - The state's top lawmakers and Gov. Rod Blagojevich are still trying to agree on a gambling expansion that would pay for a statewide construction program and pave the way...
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Teamsters move to oust United union
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Gaming board prepares to issue 10th casino license 'as quickly as possible'Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - With two legal victories in its pocket and estimates it is $1 billion behind in generating revenue for the state, the Illinois Gaming Board says it will move "as quickly...
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Will Obama feel the 'O Factor'?
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Missing plane found in S. Illinois
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NIU to offer training in disaster responseDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Earl Hansen wants to buy an airplane. But not the entire plane -- just the fuselage. Hansen, an associate professor with Northern Illinois University's Department of Tec...
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Homewood man shot, killed by police after escaping hospitalDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - A Homewood man was fatally shot by authorities after escaping from an Iowa hospital and striking three police cars during a chase in northeast Missouri. The man was ide...
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Democratic candidates show differences on CubaDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and other Democratic presidential candidates disagreed Saturday during a debate in Iowa on whether the United States sh...