Illinois
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Law bans harassing by debt collectorsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Governor Rod Blagojevich Monday signed a new law to help protect Illinoisans from harassment calls from debt collectors. Senate Bill 1398 limits the amoun...
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Chicago-area student attacked on campusAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOULDER, Colo. -- A University of Colorado freshman was slashed with a knife Monday in an apparently random attack outside the school's student center. Michael George Kn...
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Schaumburg man gets 25 years for drunk-driving deathsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Schaumburg man who killed two children when he slammed, drunk. into a family minivan two years ago was sentenced today to 25 years in prison. Ralph Pollock, 48, ple...
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Golfer dies after being hit with tree limb during stormAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A 67-year-old Florida man suffered a fatal blow to the head during Thursday's storms when he was hit by a falling tree limb at a DuPage County golf course, autopsy resul...
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Iraqi leader fires back
Aug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's embattled prime minister lashed out at American critics Sunday, saying Sen. Hillary Clinton and other Democrats who have called for his ouster should "...
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Teen doesn't want Navy scholarship
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Closing arguments to begin this afternoon in mob trialAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Closing arguments in the Family Secrets mob trial were to begin this afternoon. today, the judge in the case indicated after all sides rested this morning. There was lit...
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Latino workers step up fight for rightsAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Five months after they were abruptly fired from their jobs, dozens of Latinos who said they hadn't received severance pay returned to their former West Chicago workplace...
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Illinois officials seeking review of BP variance
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Courts turn to probation with life skills classesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Criminals in Cook County looking to avoid prison can't just strap on electronic home monitoring bracelets and visit probation officers anymore. Many of them now have to ...