Illinois
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Illinois again near bottom in bang for its tax buckOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Illinoisans can be forgiven if they feel their federal tax burden seems a bit heavy. Turns out they're carrying New Mexico, Mississippi and West Virginia, ...
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Child pornography charges filed against children's performer
Oct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A man who was a former minister and police officer, and who has worked as a clown, is in federal custody after being charged with possessing child pornogr...
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Church/state split late gift of courtsOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - It's becoming an atrocity to hear debate and see rhetoric about separation of church and state in the Supreme Court's ruling of 1948. Uneducated people believe that sepa...
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Ex-attorney general's son dies in apparent suicideOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - The youngest son of former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan has died in an apparent suicide, the latest heartbreak for a family whose blessings are matched by tragedy....
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No, there wasn't enough water, marathoners sayOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago Marathon Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski says his crew was prepared for the heat, but many runners aren't buying it. What's more, they're taking offense ...
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Most runners leave hospitalsOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - With one tragic exception, those injured in Sunday's Chicago Marathon began recovering Monday, local hospitals reported. A Chicago Fire Department spokesman said 312 peo...
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It is the season of high danger for front-runnersOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - In presidential politics, this is the High Risk Season, a danger zone for front-runners when the media attention is not on the inevitability of falling leaves but the po...
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Body found in paper bales at recycling plant
Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - ALSIP -- Workers at a suburban Chicago recycling plant noticed blood in bales of paper, then body parts, before they found the body of a man who had been crushed to deat...
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Former state attorney general's son dies in apparent suicideOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The son of former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan died this weekend in Elmhurst, the victim of an apparent suicide. Police today said Patrick J. Ryan, 24, died Sunday...
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Races put spotlight on Illinois
Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - House races, not just Obama, put spotlight on Illinois A presidential race with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in the pack of Democrats isn't the only election putting the s...