Illinois
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Obama pledges to help protect workers' pensions
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - FAIRFIELD, Iowa -- On the stump and in new TV ads, Democrat Barack Obama is focusing on baby boomers' retirement worries and targeting companies that "leave workers high...
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Evanston-Skokie schools won't force silence on teachers
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Hillary Clinton's expensive plansNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Boston Globe quoted Hillary: "I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all!" How true. The plans she totes as "for the common good" might reach the one...
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Briefs: New CTA deadline in placeNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chicago Transit Authority has approved a set of service cuts and fare hikes that will take effect Jan. 20 if the agency doesn't receive state government funding. The...
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Midwest governors to candidates: Protect the Great Lakes
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In Oxford, George is just another visitorNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- George who? While Illinoisans were treated this week to minute-by-minute updates on the status of George Ryan's freedom, the 536 people of the...
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Former Gov. George Ryan slips into Wisconsin prisonNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- George Ryan arrived at prison here Wednesday in the same manner that led to him being convicted in the first place: getting special treatment. ...
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Coroner says death ruling was wrong
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As Ryan starts prison, Blagojevich faces similar misconduct allegations
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State's attorney dropped from false arrest suit in Riley Fox caseNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Former Will County State's Attorney Jeff Tomczak faced harsh criticism at the end of his public career -- that he tried to profit politically from a child's murder. From...