Articles filed under Politics
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Ex-Blagojevich fundraiser sentenced to 2 yearsFeb 10, 2014 12:01 am - A longtime fundraiser for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. who was a figure in scandals that landed former Gov. Rod Blagojevich behind bars was sentenced Monday to two...
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GOP treasurer candidates to meetFeb 09, 2014 11:33 am - The Republican candidates for Lake County treasurer will answer questions from potential voters Tuesday at the Lake County Republican Federation office, 320 Peterson Roa...
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New federal rules could burn school bake salesFeb 09, 2014 7:00 am - The Illinois State Board of Education may try to pick a food fight over new federal rules that could limit the traditional school bake sale fundraiser. The board is look...
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Poll: U.S. Catholics don’t share many Vatican viewsFeb 09, 2014 12:51 am - Most Catholics worldwide disagree with church teachings on divorce, abortion and contraception and are split on whether women and married men should become priests, acco...
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Vulnerable Democrats try to work around health lawFeb 08, 2014 6:09 pm - WASHINGTON — Hit with a multimillion-dollar barrage of televised attacks, Democrats in tough re-election races want credit for trying to fix the problematic parts of the...
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Media try, sometimes fail, to keep NSA’s secretsFeb 08, 2014 4:49 pm - LONDON — News organizations publishing leaked National Security Agency documents have inadvertently disclosed the names of at least six intelligence workers and other go...
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County board candidate wants to eliminate recorder’s officeFeb 07, 2014 4:09 pm - A Republican Lake County Board candidate believes the county recorder’s office should be eliminated and the staff’s work handled by the county clerk. Connie Shanahan sai...
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NSA collecting less than 30 percent of call data, officials sayFeb 07, 2014 3:21 pm - WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is collecting less than 30 percent of all Americans’ call records because of an inability to keep pace with the explosion in ce...
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Mexican officials, orchestra to visit IllinoisFeb 07, 2014 3:03 pm - The governor and Supreme Court president of a Mexican state and a 70-person orchestra are among officials from the country set to visit Illinois next week as part of a t...
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Toronto mayor wants rainbow protest flag removedFeb 07, 2014 2:00 pm - TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wants to remove a rainbow flag at City Hall that protests Russia’s law restricting gay-rights activities, and he hoisted a Canadian flag...