Articles filed under Politics
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Hastert returns to his humble beginnings after historic careerFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - There's a common theme running through his many political campaigns, tribute dinners, and even Dennis Hastert's own 2004 memoir: Common man, fed by homespun American val...
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Health-care system broken, doctors tell candidate, senatorFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Dr. Jose Magana feels powerless. The nation's health-care system is controlled by insurance companies and pharmaceutical giants, not the doctors caring for patients, th...
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Connelly still leads in 48th House raceFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - With all the votes now tallied, Michael Connelly of Lisle still comes out ahead of Doug Krause of Naperville in the 48th House District Republican primary. But Krause wi...
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Clinton nomination: A mission impossible?Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton must win 57 percent of the remaining primary and caucus delegates to erase Barack Obama's lead, a daunting task requ...
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McCain, Oberweis stand unitedFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - With shared views on issues including immigration reform, limited government, and a gradual withdrawal from the Iraq war, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on ...
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McCain denies reports that he had personal relationship with lobbyistFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio -- John McCain emphatically denied a romantic relationship with a female telecommunications lobbyist on Thursday and said a report by The New York Times sug...
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Wisconsin, Hawaii give Obama 10 straight wins; McCain cruises for GOPFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary and Hawaii caucuses Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democrati...
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Clinton takes another loss and presses onFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Ignoring her crushing loss in Wisconsin to rival Barack Obama, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed her case Tuesday that the Illinois senator off...
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Big Hollow spending plan soughtFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Now that voters have approved a tax rate increase, residents who supported the Big Hollow Elementary District 38 referendum want board members to specify how that money ...
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Obama cuts into Clinton supportFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Exit polls in Wisconsin offered ominous warnings for Sen. Hillary Clinton as she tries to reconstitute her political base in Ohio, Texas and elsewhere. Obama defeated he...