Illinois
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Illinois House blocks tax to aid mass transit
Sep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD _ A plan to prop up the Chicago area's struggling mass transit systems failed Tuesday in the Illinois House, despite warnings of impending fee increases and ...
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R. Kelly trial delayed againSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago R&B singer R. Kelly's trial on child pornography charges was delayed yet again today. Court officials could not say when it might be rescheduled. Kelly, 40, was ...
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2, dead, 12 hurt when van flips on Stevenson Expressway
Sep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A Labor Day crash on an expressway southwest of Chicago killed a teenage girl and an adult man, and injured 12 others -- all temporary workers on their way home from a j...
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Lincoln's stock shooting up
Sep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - HODGENVILLE, Ky. -- The iconic image of Abraham Lincoln's sullen face drawn with a beard and topped with a trademark stovepipe hat will soon have the commercial draw of ...
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Date set for James Degorski's trial in Brown's Chicken caseSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A second man is scheduled to stand trial for the Brown's Chicken slayings early next year. A Cook County judge set a Feb. 13 trial date for James Degorski, the 34-year-...
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Midway to close runway in next round of repairs
Sep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Midway International Airport's busiest runway will undergo an extensive, 56-hour restoration project next week after aviation officials decided to redo nearly 130 epoxy ...
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Iraqi leader expects good marks from U.S.
Sep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister said Monday he expects the U.S. ambassador and military commander to give his government favorable marks when they report to Congress ne...
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By the numbers: Deficient bridges in the areaSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's a look at the deficient bridges in the counties serviced by the Daily Herald. COOK • 180 of 1,581 bridges structurally deficient (11.4 percent) • 26 toll bridges....
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Winners & losers in budget battleSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Politics aside, here are examples of other interests and issues that were made winners or losers by lawmakers and Gov. Rod Blagojevich over the past eight...
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How do you know the bridge is safe?
Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinoisans who want to know about the safety of local bridges can't get the information easily. Deciphering what they do get is even harder. The Illinois...