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Property tax relief still in playOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Lawmakers promised Wednesday that Cook County homeowners would keep a property tax break despite lingering political disputes over exactly how big those b...
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State unemployment above U.S. averageOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois unemployment rate in August rose to 5.4 percent, up 0.9 percentage points from the year-earlier 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Accord...
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Man charged in 1977 murder could be tried as juvenileOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Prosecutors are trying to persuade a Cook County judge to transfer the case of a 46-year-old man charged in a murder committed 30 years ago from juvenile court into adul...
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FBI investigating double commuter train derailmentOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Federal officials investigated two rush-hour commuter train derailments that occurred within an hour and a half of each other on separate tracks near the same station, a...
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Prosecutors outline plot as new terror trial startsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Seven men intended to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI buildings to ignite a guerrilla war that would overthrow the U.S. government and allow an Islam...
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Channel 2 leads all stations in local Emmy nominationsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WBBM Channel 2 led all stations when local Emmy Award nominations were announced Tuesday. Channel 2 had 44 nominations. WMAQ Channel 5 followed with 37, WGN Channel 9 cl...
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Obama says rivals trying to rewrite historyOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried Tuesday to distinguish his views on Iraq from other Democratic candidates, especially front-runner Hillary Clinton b...
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Briefs: Midway skid a pilot errorOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Pilot error was a major contributor to a fatal accident at Chicago's Midway Airport during which a Southwest Airlines jet skidded through a barrier and hit several cars,...
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Jury awards $3.9 million to family of man shot dead by policeOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The family of a man gunned down by a Chicago police officer three years ago has been awarded $3.9 million by a Cook County jury. Ronald Mullins, 30, was shot three times...
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House votes to overturn budget cutsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House on Tuesday overturned most of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's more than $460 million in budget vetoes, continuing a yearlong battle between top ...