Articles filed under Politics
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Giuliani establishes Illinois campaign HQ in LisleAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani now calls Lisle home -- at least home to his Illinois campaign headquarters. A six-person staff will man the office at 4723 Main St....
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Reflections on Hastert as he starts to exit political stageAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has begun his departure from the political stage. Whether his final bow takes place in January 2009 when his term ends or before then...
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Obama denies wife's remark targeted Hillary ClintonAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Wednesday his wife was not taking a swipe at Hillary Rodham Clinton when she said, "If you can't run your own house, y...
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Blagojevich approves most of new state budgetAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved most of a new state budget Thursday, 23 days after the old budget expired, but he vetoed $463 million in spending. In a re...
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Naperville native plans to take on bigger taskAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A Naperville native is moving from the ivory tower to the rough and tumble world of politics. Democrat Scott Harper, a doctoral student at Oxford University, is postpon...
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Naperville council member announces run for state repAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Naperville City Councilman Darlene Senger is ready for a wider audience. Senger, who was re-elected in April, announced Thursday that after some "soul searching" she wil...
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Obama is shaping Dems foreign policy debateAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sen. Barack Obama is getting polite applause at best when he tells the delegates at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here this week that in ru...
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Fellow Dems lay into ObamaAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Sen. Barack Obama accused fellow Democratic presidential candidates Sunday of trying to score cheap political points by criticizing his foreign policy inexperience, poin...
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Canada to assert Arctic claimAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - MONTEBELLO, Quebec -- Canada's prime minister is expected to assert his nation's claim to the fabled Northwest Passage through the warming, resource-rich Arctic at talks...
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Democrat groups team to talk winning waysAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Wheeling Township Democrats, Palatine Township Democrats, New Trier Township Democrats and Northfield Township Democrats will co-sponsor the Democratic Party confere...