Articles filed under Illinois
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FAA cites controller error in Sunday incidentDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Federal Aviation Administration officials said an error from air traffic controllers caused a military jet and commuter plane to fly close to each other over northern Il...
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Volunteers from suburbs stump door to door in a small Iowa townDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - INDEPENDENCE, Iowa -- It's not quite 11 a.m. Saturday and Ray Spencer is among the first to arrive at Barack Obama's main street storefront campaign office. B...
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Mattoon picked for FutureGen pollution-free coal plantDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Decades after Texas outdueled Illinois for a multibillion-dollar science project that went nowhere, the Land of Lincoln got revenge Tuesday as the ch...
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Lesser-known candidates find 'highly motivated' helpDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Barack Obama lives in Chicago; Hillary Clinton grew up in Park Ridge. Naturally, their campaigns mine lots of volunteers from the area. But other campaigns also have sta...
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Barack Obama attends church, describes his faith amid false rumorsDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - MASON CITY, Iowa -- Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday confronted one of the persistent falsehoods circulating about him on the Internet. He went to church. His attendance ...
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Huckabee tied with Giuliani in Illinois: pollDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who has surged in support in other early-voting states, is tied with Rudy Giuliani for the lead among U.S. Republican presidential ca...
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Clinton, Bush share wrong idea on mortgagesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - She who would be president excoriates, as Democratic presidential candidates must, the current president and almost all his works. But she and he largely agree regarding...
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Flying above IRS' radar?Dec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- On Memorial Day, Gov. Rod Blagojevich huddled with legislative leaders in his Capitol office in what turned out to be another futile attempt to negotiate ...
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Judge says authorities can keep items seized from Peterson's homeDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - JOLIET, Ill. -- A judge on Monday denied a request to return 11 guns, two vehicles and other items seized from Drew Peterson's home but said he would revisit the issue a...
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Singer Dan Fogelberg dies of cancerDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in...