Articles filed under Illinois
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Moment of silence changes rejected during Senate committee debateMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State senators potentially killed an effort to change the embattled moment of silence for schools law Wednesday after a confusing debate that mixed ...
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Police: Manager in store shooting a hero for calling 911May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say the manager of a suburban Chicago clothing store stayed to call 911 instead of fleeing from a gunman when she had the chance. Rhoda McFarland and four other w...
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NIU says thank youMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 200 people were honored at Northern Illinois University for their role in responding to a campus shooting spree earlier this year. The DeKalb university held a...
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Anatomy of what will be an Obama nomination victoryMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Green is director, Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg As the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination battle winds down (despite Hilla...
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5 injured in Riverdale bar shootingMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say five people were injured overnight during a shooting at a bar in the south Chicago suburb of Riverdale. Police Chief Greg Baker says shots were fired after a ...
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Students lobby for alternative schoolsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- By age 15, Komaneque Bobbett thought she'd lost everything. Depressed and angry, she'd been kicked out of school. But the Aurora teen landed a spot in No...
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Warning labels would have 'chilling effect,' critics argueMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Stricter warning labels proposed for toys containing a legal amount of lead would have a "chilling effect" on consumers, one suburban lawmaker argued Tues...
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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 ...