Illinois
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Revival of anthem gets fans through times like Game 2Oct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Thursday night's laboriously long, agonizingly frustrating Cubs' 8-4 playoff loss to the Diamondbacks in Arizona didn't end until the fat lady sang early Friday morning....
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Obama stops wearing flag pin, says he'll show patriotism in ideas
Oct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - WATERLOO, Iowa -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he no longer wears an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for "true patrioti...
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Clinton expects override of vetoOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Sen. Hillary Clinton swooped into town Thursday to attend two fundraisers, stopping briefly to chat with reporters about Bush's veto of an initiative to expand health ca...
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Playoff swag selling at record pace
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Chrysler plant closes for a time
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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