Articles filed under Illinois
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Revenge of the car kabob?May 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Berwyn's famous Car Kabob may be getting a second life after all. The sculpture called the Spindle featured cars from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s skewered on a huge metal...
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Suburban schools benefit from lawmakers' lapseMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Suburban schools will be able to avoid stricter driver education laws because Illinois lawmakers didn't get their work done on time. The General Assembly ...
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Neighbors oppose homeless shelterMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Although St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Park Ridge believes helping the homeless to be one of its missions, nearby residents are not convinced. Gary Beckner says some ne...
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Republicans hope that Maine goes the way of conservatismMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - AUGUSTA, Maine -- It is only partially true that in presidential elections "as Maine goes, so goes the nation." The term emerged in the 19th century because at the time ...
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Cubs, Sox fan fight leads to arrestMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- An argument over Chicago's baseball teams turned foul for two fans who wound up in a weekend brawl at a central Illinois pizza shop. Police say a White Sox fan...
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Lawmakers vow to keep Pontiac state prison openMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Lawmakers vowed Tuesday to fight for the future of the state prison at Pontiac, with some questioning whether its threatened closure was part of political...
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Governor halts health program enrollmentMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has bowed to a court's instructions and stopped enrolling people in the expanded health care program he launched without legislative approval. The 3...
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Can Clinton win without hurting the Democratic Party?May 05, 2008 11:00 pm - On the day last week when Hillary Clinton suffered the first of two costly defections by Indiana superdelegates, I went to see an old friend working in her national camp...
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Paper boy called hero for helping elderly customerMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A nine-year-old Sycamore paper boy is being called a hero for helping save the life of an elderly customer. Ethan Hall was delivering papers in Sycamore on Saturday when...
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Senators insist day off isn't for Obama's benefitMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With their former colleague vying for votes in neighboring Indiana, the Illinois Senate has called off work today, a move one Republican said is improper g...