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Tech glitches, politics delay Senate actionSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate leaders continued talking Monday about adding casinos and spending billions on road, bridge and school construction, but the much-touted deal has y...
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Woman finds thrill in competitive singingSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - PONTIAC -- When Sybil Perkins moved from Beaumont, Texas, and began attending Joliet West High School in the 1970s, it was a culture shock. There were no twirlers. In Te...
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Leaders meet, but gaps remain on mass transit, capital issuesSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers went back to work Monday on the state's thorny transportation problems but showed no signs of quickly ending their long-running policy and...
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Tollway ramps reopen as crews work to repair gas main breakSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Construction workers broke a four-inch natural gas line this afternoon near the intersection of Diehl Road and Freedom Commons Drive in north Naperville. Gas was turned ...
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Trial nears for alleged terror cell accused in Sears Tower plotSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- To hear prosecutors tell it, Narseal Batiste and six followers formed a budding homegrown terrorist cell determined to rival the Sept. 11 attacks by toppling th...
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Sex offenders at large?Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The whereabouts of more than 8 percent of the sex offenders in Illinois -- and a good portion of those in the suburbs -- is uncertain, a Daily Herald analysis shows. An ...
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Judge delays opening of Planned Parenthood facilitySep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Planned Parenthood cannot open its Aurora facility Tuesday as originally scheduled, a federal court judge ruled today. Judge Charles Norgle gave the city of Aurora 24 ho...
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Investigation of U.S. gene therapy death focuses on fungal infectionSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A virus used in a gene therapy experiment likely did not cause the death of a woman suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, although it cannot be completely ruled out, U.S....
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Oil executive succumbs to pneumoniaSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Chicago banker and oil executive John E. Swearingen, who led Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to become the sixth-largest U.S. company, died at a Birmingh...
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'Hand-washing police' find one-third of men still fail to wash up after bathroom useSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand washing police." One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using th...