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Briefs: Dismissal a shockerNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Dismissal a shocker A federal magistrate judge reversed herself Friday and dismissed charges against a man who had been accused of firing shots at a Metra train. U.S. Ma...
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Doomsday delayed: Transportation officials agree to borrowing planNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich borrowed his way out of a looming mass transit meltdown Friday, buying a few more weeks to find consensus on a long-term financial fi...
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Chicago puts on a show for president of Olympic panelNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago didn't waste any time trying to impress International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge. Rogge is on a two-day trip here to see the final rounds of the w...
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Ex-Gov. Ryan assigned to Wisc. prisonNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Former Gov. George Ryan has been reassigned to a prison in Wisconsin, days before he was scheduled to report to a similar facility in Minnesota, his lawyer confirmed Fri...
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Police search pond for missing womanNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Even as police classified the disappearance of the wife of a Bolingbrook police sergeant as a missing person investigation, they sent divers into a retention pond and le...
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Several rulings made as R&B star's case slowly advancesNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Friday yielded a mixed bag of rulings in the case of R&B star R. Kelly, who is facing 14 counts of child pornography stemming from a sex video authorities say he made wi...
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Chicago's Art Institute to loan paintings to TexasNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago's Art Institute is loaning about 90 of its Impressionist and post-Impressionist works to a Texas museum. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth will show the piece...
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The trouble with Bill? Americans are wary of any co-presidencyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Americans don't normally take much notice of Argentine elections. But they did notice when Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, wife of President Nestor Kirchner, was elected...
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Supreme Court justice mulling appeal of ex-Gov. George RyanNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Former Gov. George Ryan's hopes of staying out of prison got a boost Thursday when a U.S. Supreme Court justice asked prosecutors to say why Ryan should not remain free ...
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Quinn, lawmakers back amendment to recall officialsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Anger over gridlock at the state capitol could lead to a change in the Illinois Constitution. Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn and some lawmakers are backing...