Articles filed under Region
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Immigrant won't be deported yetFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Congressman Dan Lipinski says a widowed illegal immigrant from France who cared for her paralyzed husband for 14 years on Chicago's South Side has gotten a one-year stay...
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Briefs: Parents want special testFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - A group of Latino parents is expressing fears that requiring their children to take the regular state math and reading exams could result in widespread failure and shatt...
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Despite sales drop, area homes maintain valueFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Home sales in the Chicago area declined in the fourth quarter of 2007, but the Illinois Association of Realtors is hopeful housing provisions in the federal government's...
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More Illinois students failing Advanced Placement testsFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois high school students continue to enroll in Advanced Placement courses in record numbers. But data released by the College Board indicates the proportion of them...
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Chicago on list for brewer's HQFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - DENVER -- The headquarters of the proposed joint venture between Molson Coors and SABMiller will not likely be in either Denver or Milwaukee, where the two companies hav...
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Tinley Park gunman's police sketch now seen on electronic billboardsFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities hope electronic billboards will help them track down the gunman in this month's deadly shooting at a Tinley Park clothing store. The signs display a police s...
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Tobacco firms seek to weaken smoking banFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Tobacco companies have stepped up their efforts to scale back the statewide smoking ban and ward off efforts to nearly double Illinois' cigarette tax. In ...
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It'll be good when primaries endFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Politicians have gotten very nasty. Our votes for independents get pushed out. You can only vote Democrat or Republican depending on which state you vote in, so why do ...
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'Decoupling' is an innovative strategyFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas are inviting customers to use less natural gas. That's the result of an innovative tool used in 12 other states and recently approved by ...
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Illinoisans' views may play role up northFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - With a string of East Coast primaries behind them, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are immediately digging in for a critical Midwest battle in Wisconsin -- a state teet...