Articles filed under Illinois
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Indicted Blagojevich fundraiser gets loanFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief fundraiser has arranged to get a loan from the same Iraqi billionaire whose $3.5 million payment got another member of the governor's inner ...
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Primary campaign has turned into a battle for the centerFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Nobody scored a knockout victory on Super Tuesday, but it's obvious who lost: the partisan voices of the two parties who have been arguing that Campaign 2008 would be ab...
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Lane Bryant offers to pay for victims' funeralsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The national retailer that owns the Tinley Park clothing store where a gunman killed a manager and four shoppers has offered to pay for their funerals, a company spokesw...
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How Democrats can best unify the Republican PartyFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Forewarned, Democrats now are forearmed -- not that they will necessarily make sensible use of the gift. Tuesday's voting armed Democratic voters with the name of the ca...
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How Obama mystique has grownFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - On an early March night nearly four years ago in Chicago, Barack Obama supporters milled about the Hyatt Regency, munching on cheese trays and making small talk while re...
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Early primary helps McCainFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - In a push to help presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's campaign, Illinois Democrats moved up the state's primary to Feb. 5 from March. But a day after Super Tuesday,...
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Senate Republicans block bid to expand stimulus billFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans blocked a move by Democrats on Wednesday to add more than $40 billion in checks for the elderly, disabled veterans and the unemployed to...
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DNA test leads to arrest in 1989 murderFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - JOLIET, Ill. -- A DNA test of evidence found at the scene of the 1989 murder of a Joliet woman has led to murder charges against a 37-year-old man. Terrance Cole was arr...
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Lincoln letter to newspaper publisher for saleFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- A rare-manuscript dealer has placed for sale a handwritten letter from Abraham Lincoln to a New York newspaper executive that reveals the 16th president'...
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This time, the Illinois primary matteredFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Think back to the Illinois presidential primary in 2004, when voters here had no say in who would emerge as the candidates for the White House in November. Democrat Joh...