Illinois
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Sun-Times to combine Southtown, StarOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Sun-Times Media Group on Wednesday said it intends to combine the Daily Southtown with its Chicago Star twice-weekly newspapers. "How exactly it will look has yet to...
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Briefs: Run the tollwayOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - State officials are hosting a 5K veterans fundraiser with participants running, walking or biking down stretches of the new I-355 southern extension between Mokena and B...
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Property tax relief still in playOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Lawmakers promised Wednesday that Cook County homeowners would keep a property tax break despite lingering political disputes over exactly how big those b...
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State unemployment above U.S. averageOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois unemployment rate in August rose to 5.4 percent, up 0.9 percentage points from the year-earlier 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Accord...
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Prosecutors outline plot as new terror trial starts
Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Seven men intended to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI buildings to ignite a guerrilla war that would overthrow the U.S. government and allow an Islam...
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Obama says rivals trying to rewrite historyOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried Tuesday to distinguish his views on Iraq from other Democratic candidates, especially front-runner Hillary Clinton b...
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Briefs: Midway skid a pilot errorOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Pilot error was a major contributor to a fatal accident at Chicago's Midway Airport during which a Southwest Airlines jet skidded through a barrier and hit several cars,...
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House votes to overturn budget cuts
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Officials want lawmakers to restore fundingOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In Prospect Heights, state budget cuts jeopardize a flood-control project. In Downers Grove, they mean an agency working with the developmentally disabled...
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Obama reports $19 million raised over summer