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Spirits beginning to sag in the Obama-for-president campOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- These are difficult days for supporters of Barack Obama. This city is filled with people who have voted for, worked for, contributed to, and prayed for the su...
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One bag dropped from plane foundOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A railroad employee found one of two bags that fell from an aircraft that left Chicago's Midway Airport and was forced to return because the cabin failed to pressurize. ...
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Chicago Red Cross sends 2 dozen to help wildfire victimsOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - While Southern California continues to burn, local volunteers have begun arriving to help. The American Red Cross of the Greater Chicago Area has already deployed more t...
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Kuwaiti group pushes for greater U.S. tradeOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Armed with surveys showing Americans know little about Kuwait and often think it is a "terrorist state," a delegation of Kuwaitis toured the Chicago area Tuesday touting...
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Comptroller's new Web site highlights contracts, donorsOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Comptroller Dan Hynes wants a law to cut the connections between political donations and government contracts, but for now he'll make do with a Web site m...
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Get a load of your new, harder-to-fake driver's licensesOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The state of Illinois is redesigning its driver's licenses to make it harder to produce fake IDs. New security features include two pictures instead of one, and a motori...
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Ambulance transporting Chicago Marathon runner got lostOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The ambulance that rushed a dying Chicago Marathon runner from the race to the hospital apparently got lost on the way, authorities said. Chad Schieber collapsed while r...
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Search for Illinois attorney ends with his Florida arrestOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - JONESBORO -- The search for a former Union County attorney accused of stealing money from clients has ended with his arrest in Florida. The Illinois attorney general's o...
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Release list of cops with multiple complaints, aldermen urgeOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Twenty-eight aldermen asked a federal judge Monday to release to them confidential information concerning hundreds of Chicago police officers who have been repeatedly ac...
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Gay rights group urges Obama to cut gospel singer from eventOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A gay rights group on Monday urged Barack Obama to cut ties with a gospel singer who it says spreads false information about homosexuality being a choice. ...