Articles filed under Political Figures
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Senate action expected on Clinton, other nomineesJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate is expected to consider several of President Barack Obama's Cabinet nominees Wednesday. A vote to confirm Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of...
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The black community cries for the past and the futureJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Too excited to sit, Barbara Mosley paced around her Huntley living room until she saw Barack Obama place his hand on the Bible. "Oh yes! Oh yes!" shouted the smiling, 64...
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Blagojevich's brother says FBI may have 50 recordingsJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother said Wednesday the FBI may have recorded as many as 50 of his telephone conversations as part of the federal investigation of corruption i...
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Governor fails to meet deadline to seek dismissal of chargesJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich appears to be boycotting his fast-approaching impeachment trial, even though he previously said he expected lawmakers to find him not ...
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Celebration over, Obama's work begins WednesdayJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is turning from the star-studded, crowd-pleasing pomp of his inauguration to the workaday task of governing a hurting nation of 304 ...
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Obama gives us no reason to celebrateJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - So what does the Obama inauguration mean to me? It means Obama, with the help of the media has done an absolutely brilliant job of suppressing information and keeping us...
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The inauguration of Barack ObamaJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - This morning, on a hard-cold day in Washington, we Americans behold, as witnesses, history unfolding before us. Barack Obama, child of a broken home, son of a mixed marr...
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Praise for Obama and profundity in PalatineJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Aubrey Hercules of Palatine took the day off to celebrate the inauguration at his church. Amid a small gathering of congregants at Palatine's St. Philip's Episcopal Chur...
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Ali salutes Obama at inaugural soireeJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- "The Greatest" saluted the nation's first black president at an inaugural soiree. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, celebrating his 67th birthday, was the guest ...
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Harper students watch history being madeJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - A crowd of more than 50 students gathered in the student center at Palatine's Harper College to watch the inauguration of President Obama. Some stood; some sat on the fl...