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Durbin pushing plan to help foreclosure crisisDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Bankruptcy judges would be allowed to come to the aid of homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure under a proposal pushed by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin. The S...
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N. Illinois soldier killed in Colo. shootingDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Fort Carson soldier from northern Illinois who was found fatally shot on a sidewalk last week had survived two tours of duty to Iraq, the Ar...
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Peterson may face criminal charge for official misconductDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Prosecutors are reviewing an internal Bolingbrook Police investigation to determine whether a former sergeant suspected in his wife's disappearance could be criminally c...
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Applications to the U. of C. way upDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Applications to the University of Chicago are up 45 percent this fall. It has received nearly 4,500 applications for its non-binding early action program. Regular applic...
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Report: Blacks more likely to be jailed for drug crimesDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - A new report finds blacks in Cook County are imprisoned for drug crimes at 58 times the rate of whites. The report by the Washington, D.C.-based Justice Policy Institute...
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Thieves posing as Chicago workers targeting seniors, police warnDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Authorities in Chicago say thieves claiming to be from the city's water department are targeting senior citizens. Police say the homes of several seniors in the Chicago ...
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Ill. sportscaster faces trial on drug arrestDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - PEKIN, Ill. -- Former NFL player and Fox Sports broadcaster Bill Maas will be tried March 10 on felony drug and misdemeanor weapons charges. Maas was arraigned in Tazewe...
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Briefs: Transit vote next week?Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - The state's top lawmakers and Gov. Rod Blagojevich are still trying to agree on a gambling expansion that would pay for a statewide construction program and pave the way...
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Teamsters move to oust United unionDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- The Teamsters sought the right Monday to represent United Airlines mechanics, filing a petition and predicting it will win an election to displace the Aircraf...
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Ex-Chicago cop on trial for rapeDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - A former Chicago police sergeant is charged with raping a woman in 2004 after picking her up in his squad car. John Herman waived his right to a jury trial, opting for a...