Articles filed under Region
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4 killed in western Ill. crashFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A one-car accident has killed a family of four whose vehicle was pulled from an icy lake in west central Illinois, according to Illinois State Police. The fatal crash, w...
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Manhunt continues for killer of five women at Tinley Park clothing storeFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A manhunt was under way Sunday as authorities searched for a gunman who killed five women inside a Lane Bryant store at a strip mall in Chicago's southwest suburbs. T...
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NIU grad killed in combatFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- The 82nd Airborne Division says a North Carolina-based paratrooper from Illinois has died from wounds he sustained during combat in Iraq. The divisio...
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lleged neo-Nazi cemetery vandal held on $250,000 bondFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A Cook County judge has set bond at $250,000 for a 21-year-old neo-Nazi from Poland accused of desecrating a Jewish cemetery with anti-Semitic graffiti. Mariusz Wdziekon...
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Money matters, but it doesn't decideFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Money helped winnow the presidential field. It hasn't determined who each party's nominee will be. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have prov...
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Immigrant voter drives paying offFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Nearly 30 years after immigrating to Illinois from Mexico, 54-year-old Frederico Gutierrez plans to vote in his first U.S. election. Gutierrez, who became an American ci...
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Gunman kills five at store near I-80Feb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - TINLEY PARK -- A gunman fatally shot five women in a robbery at a store in a suburban Chicago strip mall before fleeing Saturday, prompting police to sweep through neigh...
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Stalled Amtrak train back en route to ChicagoFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The train that had to stay parked overnight on snowy tracks high in the Sierra Nevada is chugging along again en route to Chicago, an Amtrak spokeswoman...
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Stop coming back to taxpayers for moreFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - How much is enough? Every year multiple government agencies come to tax holders saying they need more money. This is despite the fact that the school system and county g...
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How to make your vote count TuesdayFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - If you're not careful in the voting booth Tuesday, your vote for president may not count. In the Republican race, the top-ballot votes for president are considered a mea...