Articles filed under Region
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DNA test leads to arrest in 1989 murderFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - JOLIET, Ill. -- A DNA test of evidence found at the scene of the 1989 murder of a Joliet woman has led to murder charges against a 37-year-old man. Terrance Cole was arr...
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Lincoln letter to newspaper publisher for saleFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- A rare-manuscript dealer has placed for sale a handwritten letter from Abraham Lincoln to a New York newspaper executive that reveals the 16th president'...
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This time, the Illinois primary matteredFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Think back to the Illinois presidential primary in 2004, when voters here had no say in who would emerge as the candidates for the White House in November. Democrat Joh...
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McCain's beginning to look like a formidable candidateFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The continuing drama of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination should not diminish what John McCain has accomplished on the Republican side of this campaign...
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Clinton wins -- at least near hometownFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton may have lost the state she grew up in, but she scraped out a victory among voters around her hometown of Park Ridge. Voters in Maine Township, which in...
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Now, every delegate matters for presidential candidatesFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Presidential candidates barely paused for breath after Super Tuesday before plunging ahead with the next phase of their campaigns. With good reason. For Democrats Hillar...
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Oceanarium to close for makeoverFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The popular Oceanarium marine mammal exhibit at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium will be closed for several months starting in September to allow construction crews to update an...
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Police: Gunman in Tinley Park attack made sexual advances toward victimFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - A gunman who killed five women at a suburban Chicago clothing store sexually assaulted one of his victims, police said on Wednesday as the attack's lone survivor comment...
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Oak Lawn priest pleads not guilty to abuseFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - A Jesuit priest convicted of molesting two boys pleaded innocent Wednesday to charges that he traveled outside the U.S. to engage in sex with a teenage boy. The Rev. Don...
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Suburban first-grader heads back to classFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - A suburban first-grader will return to class after being banned from school for six weeks by officials who say he doesn't live in the district. Sebastian Fortson's divo...