Articles filed under Politics
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Justices appear to favor Muslim denied job over headscarfFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Have you heard the one about the Sikh, the Hasidic Jew, the Muslim and the nun who walked into a job interview? Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito channele...
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Measles 'patient zero' and why outbreak might not be overFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - The rate of new measles cases in the suburbs has slowed, but the state's top public health official says it's not yet time to consider the latest suburban outbreak over....
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Prosecutor on Saddam Hussein case to address Palatine RepublicansFeb 24, 2015 12:00 am - Former Illinois Attorney General candidate Paul Schimpf will discuss his role as a prosecutor in the case against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during next month...
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Lawmaker asks for investigation of ComEd charitable givingFeb 24, 2015 12:00 am - A suburban lawmaker has asked Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the state's top utility regulator to investigate ComEd's charitable giving. State Sen. Dan Duffy, a Lake ...
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Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline billFeb 24, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Defying the Republican-run Congress, President Barack Obama rejected a bill Tuesday to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, wielding his ve...
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Police secretive about use of phone monitoring devicesFeb 23, 2015 12:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The case against Tadrae McKenzie looked like an easy win for prosecutors. He and two buddies robbed a small-time pot dealer of $130 worth of weed usi...
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Elgin lawmaker: Let people have up to 5 pot plantsFeb 23, 2015 12:00 am - An Elgin lawmaker wants to eliminate the criminal penalties for carrying up to 30 grams of marijuana and allow Illinoisans to have up to five pot plants each. State Sen....
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Fact Checker: Claim that 99% of new income goes to top 1%Feb 22, 2015 6:41 am - "In terms of income as opposed to wealth, almost all of the new income generated in recent years has gone to the top 1 percent. In fact, the latest information that we h...
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Giuliani comments meet bipartisan pushbackFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - Politicians of both parties used Sunday talk-show appearances to condemn former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's remark last week that he didn't think President Barack Obama loved ...
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Mall of America patrons warned of terror threatFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - Visitors to the Mall of America must be "particularly careful" after a terror group threatened the Minneapolis-area tourist attraction, the U.S. Homeland Security secret...