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Downstate drivers have toll troubles tooJan 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Carla Meier was stunned to receive a $62 tollway fine recently, especially since the infractions occurred when she couldn't drive. "I broke my foot," sai...
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'Dirty bomb' suspect Padilla and 2 others to be sentenced this weekJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- Jose Padilla has spent more than five years in custody, first as a purported "dirty bomb" plotter and then for allegedly being part of a support cell for Islami...
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Bush touts NCLB at thriving Chicago schoolJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - President Bush touted Chicago's Horace Greeley Elementary on Monday as a school that has thrived under his No Child Left Behind program, despite increasing criticism of ...
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Weis: Zero tolerance for police misconductJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago's newly named police superintendent is promising to overhaul the department's Internal Affairs Division, investigate police shootings only after all the facts ar...
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Chasing toll cheats can be profitableJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Tollway officials have long said the purpose of the high fines levied on toll cheats is not to make money. But they are making money -- lots of it -- just the same. The ...
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Bush tells Chicago audience he still has prescription for healthy economyJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Voicing optimism while acknowledging economic concerns, President Bush told a Chicago audience Monday that low taxes coupled with limited federal regulation remains the ...
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Public funding of elections would be a change for the betterJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Change. Change. Change. Change. Change. How? How? How? How? How? I'm glad you asked. First, do some harm -- and I mean real harm. Break the system we now have where e...
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2007 ended with Illinois owing record amountJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state of Illinois ended 2007 with the bills it owed reaching a record amount, according to the comptroller's office. A report released by Comptroller ...
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Cleanup begins after first January tornadoes in 57 yearsJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Bill Lischka was sitting and drinking coffee at the Boone County Family Restaurant in Caledonia when he heard an uncommon sound for January: a tornado siren. "Next thing...
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Feds to audit air traffic controllers' workload in Chicago areaJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The U.S. Transportation Department says it will formally investigate the work conditions of Chicago-area air traffic controllers amid the increasing frequency of cont...