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New Year. Same old political bickering?Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- It was just a year ago that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sworn in for a second term, telling a crowd of friends and supporters that the time was ripe for acti...
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Voters looking in different directions in presidential raceJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Like the Roman god Janus, from which this godforsaken month takes its name, the two parties' voters in two states have looked in different directions. These states perha...
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Vandals deface tombstonesJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Cook County authorities say nearly 60 tombstones were defaced with swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases in a primarily Jewish cemetery in suburban Chicago. Sheriff Tom Dar...
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Three million on state donor registryJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has announced a milestone for the state's organ donor registry, saying more than 3 million people signed up. White says the First...
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Senate candidates differ on economic remedyJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The three Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls all agree the country is either in or headed toward an economic recession, though they have differing plans to f...
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Suspects plead not guilty to U of C student's deathJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Two men have pleaded not guilty in the death and attempted robbery of a 28-year-old University of Chicago graduate student from Senegal. A third man has been indicted on...
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General Mills may again raise pricesJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- General Mills Inc., the second-largest U.S. cereal maker, expects to raise prices later this year to counter higher dairy and wheat costs after announcing rec...
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Authorities say tombs vandalized at Jewish cemetery is hate crimeJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Cook County authorities say nearly 60 tombstones were defaced with swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases in a primarily Jewish cemetery in near Norridge. Sheriff Tom Dart c...
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More school disclosure requiredJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - In addition to giving Illinois schools another $560 million, the budget implementation law approved by state lawmakers Thursday requires school boards to give the public...
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Chicago sex trade study criticizedJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Researchers have concluded in a yet-to-be published study of the economics of prostitution in Chicago that the women were forced to service police officers, worked more...