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Ten Chicago-area cases of Tamiflu-resistant flu reportedFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued a health alert to doctors and hospitals because ten Chicago-area patients have tested positive for an unusual type of...
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Slots at track would turn it into a casinoFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Arlington Park racetrack is one of six remaining horse racing venues in the state of Illinois. Those six racetracks are controlled by three groups which each year get ...
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Hopefuls to debate economics next weekFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - After battling over their respective positions on an Iraq war withdrawal this week, congressional hopefuls Jim Oberweis and Bill Foster are expected to shift the focus o...
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NIU shootings show vulnerability despite efforts to secure schoolsFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Bloody students fleeing in terror. Bodies carried out on stretchers. Candlelight vigils and makeshift shrines. Another campus, another deadly attack with a sickening sen...
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Fossett declared deadFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett was declared legally dead Friday by a Chicago court five months after the airplane he was flying went missing over Nevada, U...
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State House pays respects to Hyde, Geo-KarisFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House paid its respects Thursday to former suburban lawmakers who passed away recently -- Henry Hyde and Adeline Geo-Karis. Hyde was best kno...
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Accused Cook Co. jail guard suesFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - A former Cook County jail guard implicated in the escape of six inmates in 2006 has filed a lawsuit against the county and several jail officials, saying they falsely im...
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Bolingbrook student recounts panic in classroom during shootingFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - DEKALB -- Desiree Smith wasn't supposed to be in the classroom. The senior journalism major had picked up the geology class at the last minute after dropping another cou...
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Kill sues SIU, challenging breach of contractFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University's former football coach is suing the Carbondale school, disputing claims that he owes nearly $58,000 for breaching his contrac...
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Five people, gunman killed in shooting at NIU lecture hallFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - A former Northern Illinois University student opened fire at the DeKalb campus Thursday and then shot himself, leaving six dead and 15 wounded. At least two of the victi...