Articles filed under Illinois
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Photo with insider puts Clinton on spotJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton's attempt to tar Barack Obama over his ties to an indicted fundraiser threatened to backfire on the eve of South Carolina's crucial primary. A photograph...
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Campaigns getting help from friends cleared by ClintonJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- One of the last things Bill Clinton did as president was wipe out Richard Wilson Riley Jr.'s 1993 felony drug convictions from South Carolina. Today, Rile...
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State's attorney confirms grand jury in Peterson caseJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - For the first time, the Will County state's attorney confirms a grand jury is investigating the disappearance of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson's fourt...
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Bogus confession? Debate about serial killer's admission ragesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Police Chief Tim Mendenall in Mount Vernon suspected serial killer Timothy Krajcir gave a bogus confession last month to a 1981 knife attack that sent another man to pri...
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Auditor: Government lags on measurements for Great Lakes toxinsJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The federal government is running behind on developing ways to measure highly toxic chemicals in the Great Lakes that accumulate in fish, creatin...
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Durbin way ahead in cashJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Sen. Dick Durbin already has $7.3 million in his campaign fund as he prepares for a November general election where he is a heavy favorite. The Springfield Democrat, who...
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Group to sell tiny pieces of Lincoln landJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - LERNA -- The owners of farmland once owned by Abraham Lincoln want to give people a chance to own a little piece of history -- a very little piece. The Friends of the Ab...
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Absentee ballots absent in some countiesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Everywhere in Illinois, voters are heading to polling places early to pick their candidates ahead of the Feb. 5 primary election. However, at least six Il...
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Clinton's meddling in free markets would harm the economyJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Recessions happen. The stock market rises and falls. The question ought not be about how the market is doing today, but about its net gain over the years. Investing is a...
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Briefs:Derailment causes delaysJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - A freight train derailment near Antioch early Thursday caused temporary delays on Metra, officials said. The freight train carrying coal was headed to Green Bay, Wis., o...