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Ill. House sends school reform bill to governorMay 11, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A landmark education reform measure that would make it harder for teachers to go on strike and easier for them to be fired won easy passage Thursday in the...
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Blago prosecutors switch focusMay 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Prosecutors at Rod Blagojevich's retrial Thursday steered jurors' attention to charges the former Illinois governor attempted to shakedown a children's hospital and othe...
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No vote on allowing smoking at casinosMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Health activists say they have the votes to snuff out legislation that would allow smoking at Illinois casinos, but they didn’t get a chance to prove it We...
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Judge allows Indiana to cut Planned Parenthood fundsMay 10, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana won a key victory in its fight to cut off public funding for Planned Parenthood Wednesday when a federal judge refused to block a tough new abort...
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Tape played of Blago learning of FBI recordingsMay 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Prosecutors have presented it as the alleged hand-in-the-cookie jar moment. Prosecutors at former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial Wednesday played a cri...
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Blagojevich's retrial moving faster than the firstMay 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Prosecutors at Rod Blagojevich's retrial Wednesday showed their determination to move through witnesses at a faster clip than at the impeached Illinois governor's first ...
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Temperature snaps 1896 record highMay 10, 2011 2:00 am - Soaring temperatures Tuesday afternoon snapped a daily record that had remained in place since the late 1800s, according to the National Weather Service. Today’s record-...
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Preckwinkle disappointed in hospital voteMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says she’s disappointed in a state board’s decision to deny closure of Oak Forest Hospital. Preckwinkle says the county now ...
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Northwestern won’t offer sexuality class next yearMay 09, 2011 2:00 am - The head of Northwestern University’s psychology department said Monday the school will not offer a human sexuality class in the next academic year in the wake of the co...
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Quinn against automatic utility increasesMay 09, 2011 2:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn said Monday he would veto pending legislation that would allow automatic rate increases to pay for upgrades to the electric grid. ComEd, Ameren and other ...