Articles filed under Illinois
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College students find the place to really get involved in politicsDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Finals week at the University of Iowa and Drake University makes sleep deprivation and stress as ubiquitous as the North Face jackets that bundle stud...
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Can the FutureGen coal plant work?Dec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Decades after Texas outdueled Illinois for a multibillion-dollar science project that went nowhere, the Land of Lincoln got revenge Tuesday as the chosen ho...
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Governor calls story on flights 'ridiculous'Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Tuesday it's "ridiculous" to suggest he might owe taxes for personal use of state aircraft. The Associated Press reported this w...
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Daley says son made mistake with sewer companyDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley said Tuesday his son made a mistake when he acquired a stake in a sewer-inspection company that did business with the city. "I did not know a...
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R. Kelly not in courtDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - R & B star R. Kelly missed his scheduled court appearance today because of a mishap involving his tour bus, his lawyers said. Attorneys said the bus was detained in Utah...
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Clinton stirs Chicago crowd at fundraiserDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Trumpeting her familiar campaign themes and raising money for the stretch run, Hillary Clinton stopped in her home state long enough to fire up a raucous crowd of suppor...
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Illinois town lands FutureGen 'clean' coal power plantDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - MATTOON, Ill. -- Residents celebrated when this central Illinois city was chosen Tuesday as the site of a futuristic power plant that would burn coal without emitting gl...
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Hillary Clinton will struggle to sell herself as an agent of changeDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Things are not working. The war in Iraq, originally penciled in for a month or two, is in its fifth year and will not end soon. The war in Afghanistan, once seemingly wo...
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Former Sun-Times publisher gets 29 monthsDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - A sentencing hearing more than two years in the making brought former Chicago Sun-Times publisher F. David Radler 29 months in prison for his role in stealing millions o...
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Navy saves Illinois teen whose appendix burst on Mexican cruiseDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- A teenager who suffered a ruptured appendix at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got an unusual rescue when the Navy airlifted her to an aircraft carrier fo...