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Time for political courage on Social Security reformNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - It's one of the toughest and most divisive issues facing the American people. And how we respond will have a profound impact on future generations. Yet many elected offi...
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Another presidential debate that wasn't very helpful to votersNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - During Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was given a chance to answer the question about offering driver's li...
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Friends, relatives won't give upNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - A bright pink placard reading "Where's our sister Stacy?" was among half a dozen signs left on former police officer Drew Peterson's front porch Saturday by participants...
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Column stirs up Democrat rivalsNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Top Democratic rivals for president tore into each other Saturday after a conservative columnist asserted front-runner Hillary Clinton claimed to have dama...
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Relatives, friends hold vigil for former police officer's current, former wivesNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - A bright pink placard reading "Where's our sister Stacy?" was among half a dozen signs left during a vigil on the front porch of a former police officer suspected in the...
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Former clown accused of child sex crimes diesNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A former minister, police officer and clown who was accused of child sex crimes has died while behind bars. Amon Paul Carlock of Springfield died Friday a...
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Indiana murderess's DNA to be extracted from old lettersNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - They dug up Belle Gunness the other day. Or did they? Was the headless skeleton exhumed from the unmarked grave in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park the remains of the...
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Mexican woman deported from Chicago vows hunger strike in push for changesNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - MEXICO CITY --A Mexican migrant-rights advocate deported from the U.S. said she began a hunger strike Friday to push her government to demand its citizens receive better...
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Nearly 50 students arrested after fight at Chicago high schoolNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago police say 49 students have been arrested after a fight broke out at a high school on the city's West Side. The students are charged with mob action and reckless...
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Woman refused kidney before because of riskNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - One of the four organ transplant patients infected with HIV by a high-risk donor is a single Chicago-area woman in her 30s who had rejected an organ from another potenti...