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Our opportunity and obligationJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - We have what's shaped up to be the most unpredictable and competitive presidential election in nearly six decades. A rare window of opportunity is opening. Our primary e...
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Laid-off Chrysler workers to stay on until late FebruaryJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The nearly 1,100 Chrysler employees being laid off at the Belvidere assembly plant will get to keep their jobs until late February, about a month later than expected. Th...
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Chicago Sun-Times to cut 35 newsroom jobsJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The Chicago Sun-Times may lay off up to 35 unionized newsroom staffers in the next four weeks as it struggles to cut costs in the face of falling circulation and adverti...
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Police admit ID checks in casinos turn up more than problem gamblersJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - When the Illinois Gaming Board first proposed checking IDs of patrons to keep problem gamblers out of casinos, the Illinois casino industry objected with high-minded con...
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Smoking tax could be part of bus, train bailoutJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Having literally kicked smokers to the curb in recent days, lawmakers may now look to raise cigarette taxes to keep Chicago-area buses and trains running. ...
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Daley refusing to use Skyway funds for CTAJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he won't use the $1.8 billion windfall he generated by privatizing the Chicago Skyway to give a boost to Chicago Transit Authority fundi...
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Briefs: Child molester sentencedJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A Mount Prospect man who admitted to repeatedly molesting a female relative has earned 14 years behind bars. Ronald Sampson, 25, formerly of 413 E. Lincoln St., has been...
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Don't read too much into the results of the caucuses in IowaJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- One final reminder: When you're reading returns from the Iowa caucuses, remember you are viewing them through a double distortion mirror. The outcom...
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Two men killed in laudromat fireJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - An overnight fire at a Chicago Ridge laundromat has left two men dead. Authorities say two homeless men sought refuge from the cold in the laundroma. Police officers not...
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Mentalist offering services in missing wife caseJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A celebrity mentalist is offering his services in the search for Stacy Peterson, the missing 23-year-old mother from Bolingbrook. The Amazing Kreskin says the case is c...