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Postcard from the Rose BowlDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Seeking a fresh start for the New Year (and donations for St. Baldrick's fight against children's cancer), I strolled down Wilshire Boulevard on...
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No one delivers a more powerful stump speech than ObamaDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Barack Obama has become a one-trick pony. But what a trick it is! The stump speech he has developed in the closing stages of the pre-Christmas campai...
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Near miss in skies over ChicagoDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - In the dark sky about 1,100 feet above Chicago's South Loop neighborhood 10 days ago, a Learjet skimmed a mere 200 feet directly over a Southwest Boeing 737 coming in to...
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Health officials seek 44 passengers who flew with TB infected womanDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Health officials are tracking down American Airlines passengers in 17 states -- including Illinois -- for testing after a California woman flew while sick with a dangero...
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One employee dead after minor train derailment near AuroraDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - One railway employee is dead following a small train derailment near a lumber yard southwest of Aurora. Police were called to the scene of a partially overturned train...
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The political quotes of the yearDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Even by Illinois standards, 2007 turned into one doozy of a political year. Beneath the Capitol dome, there was turmoil and treachery -- and that was just...
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Longtime Tribune columnist diesDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Longtime Chicago Tribune columnist Terry Armour died unexpectedly Friday, the newspaper reported on its Web site. He was 46. Armour was taken to a hospital in Chicago wh...
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Chicago to see the lowest number of homicides in more than 40 yearsDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Chicago and New York are about to close out 2007 with the lowest number of homicides in more than 40 years, while cities such as Baltimore, Atlanta and Miami...
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Off-duty Chicago police officer charged with DUI in crashDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - An off-duty Chicago police officer has been charged with driving under the influence following a Christmas Eve crash. Illinois State Police have identified the officer a...
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United cancels flights for fourth straight day as snow falls in Colo.Dec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - DENVER -- United Airlines, hit hard by weekend storms in the Midwest, canceled dozens more flights Thursday as the second storm since Christmas threatened to pile 20 inc...