Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Savoring Obama's victory with graceNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Barack Obama is the brand new president-elect of the United States of America. The challenges of his anticipated office have become increasingly more daunting since the...
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Obama administration could open doors for IllinoisansNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - On more than a few occasions, Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. has joked that if his friend Barack Obama became president, he'd like to be ambassador to Ireland....
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With so much to do, no time for euphoria's hangoverNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The crews from Streets & Sanitation spend Wednesday morning picking up the last remnants of the Election Night party in Grant Park. Journalists from around the world pac...
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Newspapers proclaim Obama victoryNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - ...
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A look back at how the race was wonNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - It was a tumultuous Monday morning in mid-September -- two of America's financial giants were near collapse, the Dow was plummeting and the economy seemed to be in free ...
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Obama taps Clinton-alum Emanuel chief of staffNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama pivoted quickly to begin filling out his new administration on Wednesday, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel a...
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A historic win: Voters elect Barack Obama first black U.S. presidentNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Shattering a seemingly impenetrable racial barrier and tipping the country's political balance, voters elected Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois as the first black President...
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Obama wins over heavily-Republican suburbsNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago Democrat Barack Obama did what at one time seemed politically impossible: win throughout the suburban region long considered home base for the GOP. In DuPage Cou...
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Remarks of President-Elect Barack ObamaNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our tim...
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Local reactionNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - "He brings a lot of good ideas about how to end the war in Iraq and help our economy. But more importantly, he restores the rest of the world's confidence in this countr...