Articles filed under Politics
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Clinton aide a victim of free trade Clinton opposes, for nowApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary Clinton's campaign, which is a guttering candle, has suffered a perhaps extinguishing gust of ill wind. Her principal strategist has been forced to resign from ...
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Presidential hopefuls among questionersApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Gen. David Petraeus, meet your next commander in chief. The top commander in Iraq found himself in the middle of presidential politics Tuesday -- literally...
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Press, IHSA reach deal for sports coverageApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state's newspaper industry and Illinois High School Association have struck a deal to resolve a dispute over taking pictures at state championship tou...
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Rezko defense again trips up star witness's memoryApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The star witness in the trial of Antoin "Tony" Rezko again on Tuesday fell into the exact same trap defense attorney Joseph Duffy first successfully laid out for him las...
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Former senator talks with Stevenson High students about political processApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Speaking to students at the high school that bears his father's name today, former U.S. Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson III was quick to point out what he feels is wrong with po...
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Clinton to blame for bad mortgagesApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - While I listened to Hillary to pat herself on the back for all the wonderful things she accomplished while Bill was our president, I also heard her point her finger at p...
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Republican challenger enters state House raceApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A Republican candidate on Monday entered the 57th House District race in a challenge to Democratic incumbent state Rep. Elaine Nekritz for the seat she first won in 2002...
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Candidates square off over IraqApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- GOP presidential candidate John McCain said Monday that calls from his Democratic rivals to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq stand as a "failure of lea...
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Generation gap makes for interesting debate in Clinton-Obama raceApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems the presidential primary season has outlived its welcome, rather like winter in northern New England where the snowdrifts have delayed our annual appointment wi...
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Governor signs bill to bypass Electoral CollegeApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois is officially ready to bypass the Electoral College in choosing the country's president, but dozens more states would have to join the effort b...