Articles filed under Politics
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Democrats move to add voting optionsDec 01, 2014 12:01 am - Weeks before the officials elected in November take their seats, Democrats are looking to make permanent the practice of allowing voters to register on Election Day. Ill...
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Meteorologists: Cuomo's weather claims are all wetNov 29, 2014 12:01 am - ALBANY, N.Y.- Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants New York to create the nation's best weather monitoring system, one more robust than even the National Weather Service and more cap...
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Encounter at protest leads to hug for boy, officerNov 29, 2014 12:01 am - Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An African-American boy holding a "Free Hugs" sign stood crying in front of a police barricade at a Ferguson rally in Portland. A ...
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U.S. hospitals fear association with EbolaNov 29, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. officials trying to set up a network of hospitals in this country to care for Ebola patients are running into reluctance from facilities worried about...
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Woman's stun gun spurs 2nd Amendment caseNov 28, 2014 12:01 am - BOSTON - Jaime Caetano was beaten so badly by her ex-boyfriend that she ended up in the hospital. So when a friend offered her a stun gun to protect herself, she took it...
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Chicago council to vote on minimum wageNov 28, 2014 12:01 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has called a special city council meeting on a proposal to raise the minimum wage in the city to $13 an hour. A workforce committee will meet ...
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Glen Ellyn business owner chosen to fill DuPage vacancyNov 26, 2014 12:01 am - A Glen Ellyn business owner has been tapped to replace the late Jerry "JR" McBride on the DuPage County Board. Chairman Dan Cronin said Wednesday that Karyn M. Romano is...
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Prime tickets for Bush visit sold out in NapervilleNov 26, 2014 12:01 am - Former President George W. Bush apparently knows how to sell books. The announcement Tuesday that the 43rd president will appear Dec. 1 at Anderson's Bookshop in downtow...
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Credit houses take no major action after pension rulingNov 25, 2014 12:01 am - SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Two major credit houses aren't overly worried about an Illinois judge tossing out a pension overhaul designed to close a $100 billion deficit, but nei...
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George W. Bush coming to Naperville for book signingNov 25, 2014 12:00 am - Former president also will attend private charity event in Lombard