Articles filed under Politics
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Confusing twists and turns in the presidential primary campaignsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Maybe it's the rush of pre-Christmas preparations. Or maybe it's the effects of too many holiday parties. But life has suddenly become very confusing...
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Tentative deal on Big Hollow parcelDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - If all goes according to plan, a high-profile parcel in Fox Lake will go from vacant schools to retail shopping in two years. Big Hollow Elementary District 38 officials...
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Presidency hangs on illegal immigrationDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - If Social Security is the third rail of politics ("touch it and you die") for politicians, then immigration must be the next. No other issue has aroused the emotions of ...
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Experience emerges as issue in Democratic primaryDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Democratic congressional candidate Dan Seals says lobbyists can't change Washington, but opponent Jay Footlik says that neither can neophytes. "I've already delivered r...
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Have Obama's views changed over time?Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- If he wanted, the Barack Obama of today could have a pretty good debate with the Barack Obama of yesterday. They could argue about whether the death penal...
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Bit of a Nixon revival seen in the Clinton, Huckabee campaignsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In a political season that has become a '70s Show, a Richard Nixon revival infects both parties' primaries. Even Spiro Agnew -- Nixon's Nixon -- is being reprised. Hill...
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Giuliani ends stay in hospitalDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was released from a St. Louis hospital Thursday after spending the night to undergo tests for flu-like sympt...
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Link's petition contains 'obvious irregularities,' state's attorney saysDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - State Sen. Terry Link's candidate petition contains "obvious irregularities" and is the focus of a criminal investigation, the Lake County state's attorney said Thursday...
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State's Attorney candidates promise tough stand on corruptionDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Who can best root out corruption in police departments, government and even within the state's attorney's office itself was the theme of the Cook County state's attorney...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...