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Hastert will quit before year's endNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert plans to leave Congress before the end of the year. The Illinois Republican had previously announced he won't seek anot...
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CTA union boss: Maybe we have to show you what doomsday looks likeNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Transit officials turned up the heat on feuding lawmakers today with the threat of union walkouts that would shut down buses and trains next year if taxes aren't raised....
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U. of I. plans $72.5 million supercomputer homeNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois trustees voted Wednesday to spend $72.5 million for a building to house a new supercomputer, but most of the money is tied up in a st...
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Study: Brutal, corrupt cops patrol black, Latino neighborhoodsNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A statistical study by a University of Chicago law professor indicates Chicago police officers most often accused of brutality and corruption work in groups that patrol ...
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Moment of silence on hold in District 214Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A federal judge who decreed Wednesday that students in Northwest Suburban School District 214 can no longer have a daily moment of silence may today decide today to expa...
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Cops: Jailed land swindler scams behind barsNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A disbarred attorney who was convicted of stealing land from a church pulled off a similar scam while being held in Cook County Jail, according to authorities. Phillip R...
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Chicago worker sentenced for lying to grand juryNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A worker for the city of Chicago who played a leadership role in a political group that campaigned for Mayor Richard M. Daley has been sentenced to 15 months in prison f...
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Lawmaker summit ends with angry words, no progressNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A backroom meeting meant to bring Illinois' most powerful politicians to the table on key state problems devolved Wednesday into the same name-calling and posturing blam...
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Clinton's lack of likability could give Obama a big boostNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Americans say they are weary of political polarization and pugnacity. If so, the current situation in presidential politics is unstable: The leading Democratic and Repub...
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For the record, Obama says he doesn't have anyNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Barack Obama, who's been scolding Hillary Rodham Clinton for not hastening the release of records from her time as first lady, says he can't step up and...