Articles filed under Illinois
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Presidency hangs on illegal immigrationDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - If Social Security is the third rail of politics ("touch it and you die") for politicians, then immigration must be the next. No other issue has aroused the emotions of ...
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Chicago man shot outside downstate barDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois State Police say a Chicago man is hospitalized after being shot by officers outside a tavern in the southern Illinois town of Mounds. State police say officers ...
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Jury awards $15.5 million to Fox familyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - As Kevin Fox sat in the Will County jail while accused of killing his little girl, until freed eight months later on DNA evidence, he thought briefly about suicide. "But...
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Bit of a Nixon revival seen in the Clinton, Huckabee campaignsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In a political season that has become a '70s Show, a Richard Nixon revival infects both parties' primaries. Even Spiro Agnew -- Nixon's Nixon -- is being reprised. Hill...
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Briefs: Third man sentenced in firebombingDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a firebombing that killed a Joliet woman and her 4-year-old daughter. Sergio Anguiana had coo...
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State legislature will be ringing in new year at domeDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday ordered lawmakers back to the Capitol on Jan. 2, effectively closing the door on a 2007 session marred by personality cla...
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Coroner's jury can't determine cause of death for jailed former clownDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A Sangamon County coroner's jury has been unable to determine a cause of death for a former clown accused of child sex crimes who died in police custody. ...
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Briefs: Autopsy sheds no light on woman's deathDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - The Cook County medical examiner's office says autopsy results were inconclusive for a Chicago elementary school principal who died during a root canal at a North Side d...
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Steroid tests for students? They could happen next yearDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - The high school football teams vying for state championships next fall may be the first ever tested for steroids in Illinois. IHSA officials say they expect a final deci...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...