Articles filed under Illinois
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Briefs: U. of Chicago gets grantSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The University of Chicago Medical Center is getting a $23 million government grant to help transform basic science into new medical treatments more quickly. The school i...
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Casino, road measures advance, but may be doomedSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A multibillion-dollar political tug of war continued Tuesday as the Illinois Senate approved three new casinos to finance massive road construction knowin...
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Voters should know how candidates are guided by faithSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide -- or announce if he has decided -- whether he, too, will run for president...
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Hillary could stand to show more spine and less expediencySep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - If there is a phrase more closely associated with both Hillary and Bill Clinton than "the politics of personal destruction," it does not come to mind. All the others -- ...
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Three Democrats court backing of traditionally friendly union membershipSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - When you're preaching to the choir, it can be hard to convince that choir you're closer to God than the next preacher. Three Democratic presidential candidate...
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Tech glitches, politics delay Senate actionSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate leaders continued talking Monday about adding casinos and spending billions on road, bridge and school construction, but the much-touted deal has y...
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Woman finds thrill in competitive singingSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - PONTIAC -- When Sybil Perkins moved from Beaumont, Texas, and began attending Joliet West High School in the 1970s, it was a culture shock. There were no twirlers. In Te...
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Leaders meet, but gaps remain on mass transit, capital issuesSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers went back to work Monday on the state's thorny transportation problems but showed no signs of quickly ending their long-running policy and...
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Tollway ramps reopen as crews work to repair gas main breakSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Construction workers broke a four-inch natural gas line this afternoon near the intersection of Diehl Road and Freedom Commons Drive in north Naperville. Gas was turned ...
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Sex offenders at large?Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The whereabouts of more than 8 percent of the sex offenders in Illinois -- and a good portion of those in the suburbs -- is uncertain, a Daily Herald analysis shows. An ...