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Madigan throws legislative weight behind tax hike for mass transitAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - At the largest publicity push yet for transit tax hikes, supporters roped in heavyweight support as Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan unexpectedly took the stage to...
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Preserve 'fundamental notions of justice' government tells jury in mob trialAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Defendants for five accused mobsters will get their chance to frame the evidence in the "Family Secrets" mob trial this afternoon after Assistant U.S. Attorney Markus Fu...
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Chain O' Lakes should begin recedingAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Chain O' Lakes seems to have crested and should begin dropping, barring any further rain, officials said today. Officials said the Chain rose to 7 feet above normal...
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Don't be fooled by Outfit, jury toldAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - To acquit the men on trial in the "Family Secrets" mob case, prosecutor Markus Funk told the jury Monday, jurors have to believe that three of the defendants caught on t...
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Durbin says he's 'glad' Gonzales is goneAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he's "relieved" Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned Monday, and he floated a former deputy attorney general's name as a pote...
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SAT scores down nationwide, but improve in IllinoisAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Average math and reading SAT scores fell four points for the high school class of 2007 to their lowest mark since 1999 - although students in Illinois bucked the trend. ...
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$400,000 in cocaine found at O'HareAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - About $400,000 of cocaine was seized from the hollow frames of four metal vehicle tow bars on a cargo flight that flew into O'Hare International Airport on Monday, polic...
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Woman rescued after five hours in the riverAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Carpentersville fire rescue personnel pulled a 48-year-old Carpentersville woman from the Fox River this morning about five hours after she fell into the water. While wa...
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Law bans harassing by debt collectorsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Governor Rod Blagojevich Monday signed a new law to help protect Illinoisans from harassment calls from debt collectors. Senate Bill 1398 limits the amoun...
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Chicago-area student attacked on campusAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOULDER, Colo. -- A University of Colorado freshman was slashed with a knife Monday in an apparently random attack outside the school's student center. Michael George Kn...