Articles filed under Region
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Lauzen reveals run for CongressSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Aurora Republican state Sen. Chris Lauzen will announce today his plans to run for Congress, seeking the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Dennis H...
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Panel to look at plagiarism claims against SIU presidentSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - A panel investigating plagiarism claims against Southern Illinois University's president will make its work transparent to reassure the public that the probe is impartia...
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Briefs: U. of Chicago gets grantSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The University of Chicago Medical Center is getting a $23 million government grant to help transform basic science into new medical treatments more quickly. The school i...
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Chicago unveils revised Olympics logoSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Olympic gold medalists Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Rowdy Gaines unveiled Chicago's second attempt at an Olympic logo for its 2016 Summer Games bid Wednesday --a white, six-...
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Casino, road measures advance, but may be doomedSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A multibillion-dollar political tug of war continued Tuesday as the Illinois Senate approved three new casinos to finance massive road construction knowin...
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Voters should know how candidates are guided by faithSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide -- or announce if he has decided -- whether he, too, will run for president...
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U.S. State Department asks for extradition in dermatologist deathSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The U.S. State Department is joining Illinois' U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama in asking France to extradite a man suspected of killing a Chicago dermatologi...
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Hillary could stand to show more spine and less expediencySep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - If there is a phrase more closely associated with both Hillary and Bill Clinton than "the politics of personal destruction," it does not come to mind. All the others -- ...
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Three Democrats court backing of traditionally friendly union membershipSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - When you're preaching to the choir, it can be hard to convince that choir you're closer to God than the next preacher. Three Democratic presidential candidate...
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Former Chicago alderman asks to have indictment dismissedSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Attorneys for former Chicago Alderman Edward Vrdolyak have asked a federal judge to dismiss an indictment against the once-powerful political leader. In an appeal filed ...