Articles filed under Illinois
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U. of I. plans $72.5 million supercomputer homeNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois trustees voted Wednesday to spend $72.5 million for a building to house a new supercomputer, but most of the money is tied up in a st...
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Moment of silence on hold in District 214Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A federal judge who decreed Wednesday that students in Northwest Suburban School District 214 can no longer have a daily moment of silence may today decide today to expa...
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Lawmaker summit ends with angry words, no progressNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A backroom meeting meant to bring Illinois' most powerful politicians to the table on key state problems devolved Wednesday into the same name-calling and posturing blam...
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Clinton's lack of likability could give Obama a big boostNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Americans say they are weary of political polarization and pugnacity. If so, the current situation in presidential politics is unstable: The leading Democratic and Repub...
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For the record, Obama says he doesn't have anyNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Barack Obama, who's been scolding Hillary Rodham Clinton for not hastening the release of records from her time as first lady, says he can't step up and...
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Molester fights Jesuits' efforts to expel himNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A priest convicted of molesting two boys says he is fighting efforts by the Jesuits to expel him from the religious order. Last year, a Wisconsin jury convicted the Rev....
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Coroner: Could be weeks until doctor rules on ex-wife's deathNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The Will County coroner says it could be several weeks until an independent doctor gives authorities his opinion on the manner of death of the ex-wife of a suburban Chic...
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Lawsuits, alcohol arrestsNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The doctor who performed a tummy tuck and breast reduction on the mother of Kanye West is a plastic surgeon to Hollywood's elite and something of a ...
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Area companies recall tortillas, coffee cookiesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Several Illinois companies announced recalls Tuesday. Chicago-based Del Rey Tortilleria Inc. recalled several products after health officials in Wisconsin suspected a li...
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Protest participants won't be suspended, returning to classNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Berwyn Schools Superintendent Ben Nowakowski says most students suspended over an anti-war protest at Morton West High School will be back in class Wednesday. He says no...