Articles filed under Politics
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Obama decries new Iran sanctionsJan 16, 2015 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama came out swinging Friday against congressional attempts to slap fresh sanctions on Iran, warning such a move would likely destroy nuc...
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High court to hear gay marriage casesJan 16, 2015 12:01 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Setting the stage for a potentially historic ruling, the Supreme Court says it will decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have a ...
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Chris Christie to speak in Rolling Meadows Feb. 12Jan 16, 2015 12:01 am - The Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner will feature New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as keynote speaker. It will be held Thursday, Feb. 12, at The Meadows Cl...
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NOAA, NASA say 2014 warmest year on recordJan 16, 2015 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, federal scientists announced Friday. Both the National Oceanic and Atmosphe...
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Slusher: Will Sanguinetti really talk to media 'very soon'?Jan 15, 2015 4:01 am - There was something in the last line of Erin Hegarty's Daily Herald story Tuesday on the swearing-in of Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti that perhaps would furrow the brow on...
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Immigrants can now get Mexican birth certificates in USJan 15, 2015 12:01 am - SANTA ANA, Calif. - The Mexican government on Thursday will start issuing birth certificates to its citizens at consulates in the United States, seeking to make it easie...
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Oklahoma to resume executions after 9-month delayJan 15, 2015 12:01 am - OKLAHOMA CITY - After a nearly nine-month delay prompted by a botched lethal injection last spring, Oklahoma plans to execute a death row inmate Thursday with the same t...
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Rauner orders posting local government salaries onlineJan 15, 2015 12:01 am - Back in 2012, Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation that called for salaries of most county, township and city workers to be put on a website that already displays similar i...
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Despite low gas prices, gas tax hike appears unlikelyJan 15, 2015 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - The new Republican-controlled Congress is facing an old problem: where to find the money for highway and transit programs. With gasoline prices at their low...
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Obama renews push for paid leave for parentsJan 15, 2015 12:01 am - BALTIMORE - President Barack Obama launched a fresh push Thursday to bring paid sick and family leave to working parents and other private-sector employees as the White ...