Articles filed under Region
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Why kids are still locked upFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - A shortage of electronic monitoring bracelets is causing scores of juvenile detainees who are eligible for home monitoring to stay locked up in a detention center. As re...
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Gun control push renewedFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and other elected officials pointed to the fatal shootings at Northern Illinois University and a Lane Bryant store as reasons to act as they ...
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One ruling in favor of Rezko, other againstFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The judge in charge of the Tony Rezko trial handed him both a defeat and a victory Tuesday, ruling the government can have its key witness testify about statements he al...
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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...
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Lawmakers await state budgetFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- On one hand, state lawmakers say Gov. Rod Blagojevich needs to own up to the state's financial problems and propose some belt-tightening. On the other, th...
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Sculpture that stood outside Newberry Library stolenFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago police say a stainless-steel sculpture that stood at the entrance of the Newberry Library since 2005 was stolen over the weekend. Newberry Library president Davi...
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Give citizens option of self-defenseFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Once again, on the heels of the Lane Bryant killings, is another mass shooting at NIU. What are we to do? As I listened to a morning talk show a few moments ago, a shr...
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Juveniles stay incarcerated because of monitoring bracelet shortageFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A shortage of electronic monitoring bracelets is causing scores of juvenile detainees who are eligible for home monitoring to stay locked up in a detention center. As re...
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Veteran prosecutor Mitchell Mars made big dent on OutfitFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutor Mitchell A. Mars who sent Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo and other big-name mobsters to prison, has died of lung cancer, officials announ...
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Cold contributed to rowing coach's deathFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - An autopsy has determined that the death of a rowing coach who collapsed near a lagoon in Chicago's Lincoln Park was caused in part by exposure to frigid temperatures. T...