Kerry Lester
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Focusing on social media, U.S. reexamines counterterrorism effortsMay 07, 2011 2:00 am - Jimmy Hibsch didn't hear of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's death through a television news bulletin or the radio. It was on Twitter. And it was news the 19-year-old A...
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Buffalo Grove man charged with sex assaultMay 07, 2011 12:00 am - Bail was set at $250,000 Saturday for a Buffalo Grove man charged with felony criminal sexual assault. According to written police statements taken from the now 17-year-...
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DCCC Chair: Suburbs 'center of gravity' in 2012 electionMay 05, 2011 12:00 am - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel calls the suburbs “the center of gravity in American politics” for the 2012 election. Several of the se...
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Bin Laden news brings Hastert, Palmer back to fateful dayMay 02, 2011 2:00 am - The news ripped through the dimly lit Phoenix restaurant like lightning. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, in town to speak at an industrial conference Monday morning...
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Roskam says bin Laden death’s calls for ‘reflection’May 02, 2011 2:00 am - The most striking part of Sunday’s news for Sixth District Congressman and GOP Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam was what happened at his Wheaton home. One of his teenage s...
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John Paul II’s legacyMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - Pope John Paul II’s lasting legacy is as an enduring symbol for peace who met and forgave his would-be assassin, improved relationships between leaders of world religion...
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“Our Pope” en route to becoming “Our Saint”: Polish Catholics reflectMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - John Paul II’s beatification today in Vatican City
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Cross' change of heart may aid in passage of medical marijuana legislationApr 28, 2011 12:00 am - A suburban Republican's change of heart — driven by watching the suffering of a close friend — has brought the Illinois House one step closer to legalizing medical marij...
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Mulligan could be mapped out of district for 3rd timeApr 27, 2011 12:00 am - In Illinois political mapmaking history, Rosemary Mulligan has a distinction among her peers in the statehouse. The Des Plaines Republican has been “mapped out” of her district, not once, but twice — prompting her to buy three different houses within the same town.
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‘Wonderful, frustrating, challenging’: Hultgren reflects on first 100 daysApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - As a freshman state representative in 1998, a colleague gave Randy Hultgren a piece of sage advice. “Keep your mouth shut for four years,” Hultgren, now Illinois’ 14th D...