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President pardons New Athens man convicted in 1959Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW ATHENS -- A little over two years ago, James Albert Bodendieck Sr. learned that to renew his gun holder's license he would need a presidential pardon for his convict...
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Officials: State worker linked to car titles on unpaid leaveDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An Illinois Secretary of State employee is on unpaid leave while investigators unravel why uncashed checks, car titles and other documents were found in h...
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Boeing sticks to 787 scheduleDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Boeing Co. said Tuesday that its schedule for the 787 Dreamliner remains on track and it does not currently envision further delays in the much-ballyhooed air...
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Drew Peterson asks public to help with his legal defenseDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Drew Peterson is asking the public for financial help with his legal defense. The former Bolingbrook police sergeant suspected in his wife's disappearance has set up a W...
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Daley appoints new head of Chicago Housing AuthorityDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - A former resident of public housing has been named the chief executive officer of the Chicago Housing Authority. Forty-eight-year-old Lewis A. Jordan replaces Sharon Gis...
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Obama, Winfrey hear cheers that symbolize a magnificent changeDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It is 1,134 miles and 53 years since Jerome Schlicter, a teacher, walked into my eighth-grade classroom and held up The New York Times. The headline ...
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Large Sun-Times investor calls for changeDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The second-largest shareholder of Sun-Times Media Group Inc. criticized the company's performance in a letter Tuesday and called for operational changes at...
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Madigan pitches gambling plan to fix cash woesDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - With a mass transit doomsday just weeks away, one of the state's top Democrats lent his support to a massive gambling expansion Monday in hopes of keeping the buses and ...
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Feds to Metra: Transit gridlock might kill rail upgrades, new projectsDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Gridlock in Springfield could lead to disastrous consequences for Chicago-area mass transit even beyond higher fares and service cuts, federal lawmakers warned today. Th...
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Former media mogul Conrad Black sentenced to 6½ years for fraudDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Conrad Black walked to the curb as he exited the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago Monday amid a crush of reporters and photographers, attempting to keep up ap...