Articles filed under Illinois
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Clintons, GOP; what's better?May 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm sure most seniors living on meager social security income recall that President Bill Clinton imposed an income tax on our social security, which has making ends meet...
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Senator wants lease voidedMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A senator is calling on the state to cancel its office lease with a firm linked to political fundraiser Antoin Rezko and seek the return of $3.4 million in rent paid sin...
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Woman dies weeks after being pinned by her husband's bodyMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - MARION --A Marion woman found last month pinned under her husband's body inside their Marion home has died. Blue Funeral Home in Marion says 83-year-old Blanche Roberts ...
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Illinois first openly gay legislator diesMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Larry McKeon, Illinois' first openly gay legislator and an advocate for expanding state discrimination laws to cover gay people, has died at age 63, frien...
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Issues of war and peace will factor heavily in campaignMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The game-changing events in the 2008 campaign are issues of war and peace. Both may be in play between now and November, in ways that add extra volatility to the presid...
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Police: Remains found in Ill. are those of central NY womanMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Remains found near an Illinois highway have been identified as those of a former central New York woman who was last seen three years ago in a Las Vega...
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State honors Tutu with portrait in Lincoln libraryMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Famed South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu tugged away a red cloth to unveil his portrait at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Tuesday, took sever...
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Audit cites Medicaid illsMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A new audit confirms Illinois has a severe backlog of overdue health care bills, but problems with the Medicaid system go much deeper. Auditor General William Holland fo...
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Desmond Tutu to receive Lincoln Leadership PrizeMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu pulled aside a red curtain and quickly stepped back to study the painting behind it -- a portrait of the Nobel Peace Prize winner ...
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Pastor of Hinsdale church arrestedMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - HINSDALE -- With their pastor arrested in an undercover prostitution sting, members of his Hinsdale church are planning a new future for the congregation he helped creat...