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Gaming board prepares to issue 10th casino license 'as quickly as possible'Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - With two legal victories in its pocket and estimates it is $1 billion behind in generating revenue for the state, the Illinois Gaming Board says it will move "as quickly...
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Will Obama feel the 'O Factor'?Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Call it the "O Factor." Oprah Winfrey picks a "favorite book" or a "favorite thing," and poof, it's a best seller. And now Winfrey's "favorite senator," Bara...
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Missing plane found in S. IllinoisDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - An autopsy is planned for a Pinckneyville man killed when his plane crashed in southern Illinois' Franklin County. Searchers found the body of 58-year-old Daniel Bradac ...
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2 children dead in early morning Chicago fireDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Firefighters say two children are dead and two other people are injured from an early morning fire that ravaged a crowded home on Chicago's southwest side. Fire Departme...
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Feds: Amtrak train was speeding before it smashed into freight carDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - An Amtrak train was going about 25 mph over the speed limit -- despite a signal indicating another train was on the same track -- moments before it hit a stationary frei...
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Fire inspection delays opening of Trump's Chicago hotelDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Fire inspectors are delaying Monday's opening of the Trump International Hotel & Tower. The Chicago Fire Department says the riverfront hotel needs to install fire-safet...
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NIU to offer training in disaster responseDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Earl Hansen wants to buy an airplane. But not the entire plane -- just the fuselage. Hansen, an associate professor with Northern Illinois University's Department of Tec...
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Homewood man shot, killed by police after escaping hospitalDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - A Homewood man was fatally shot by authorities after escaping from an Iowa hospital and striking three police cars during a chase in northeast Missouri. The man was ide...
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Celebrated Lyric Opera publicist diesDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- A celebrated publicist for Lyric Opera of Chicago for almost 50 years has died. A Lyric Opera statement says Danny Newman died at his suburban Chicago home Sa...
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Democratic candidates show differences on CubaDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and other Democratic presidential candidates disagreed Saturday during a debate in Iowa on whether the United States sh...