Articles filed under Region
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State leaders talking, but no progress seenSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The politicians who run Illinois are talking to each other again but still agreeing on little when it comes to new roads, more casinos, broader health care coverage and ...
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Briefs: Security upgrade for citySep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago and IBM today will announce the initial phase of what officials say could be the most advanced video security network in any U.S. city. In other word...
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Senate deal may make winner out of WatsonSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Earlier this month, Gov. Rod Blagojevich boarded a state plane bound for the most unlikely of places, tiny Greenville Municipal Airport downstate, for a m...
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Field wrong about women and warSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - At the 2007 Emmy awards, Sally Field, the former "Flying Nun," became Hollywood's latest "screaming Mimi." During her bloviating, she blurted out that if mothers ran the...
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FBI investigating Metra 'sabotage'Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The FBI says it's investigating the "sabotage" of a section of Metra tracks on Chicago's South Side. Officials say Metra employees noticed 12 missing railroad spikes on ...
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Pilot loved flying for charity groupSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Relatives of a Wauconda business owner and pilot who died in a plane crash Wednesday are remembering him as a soft-hearted man who loved flying. Paul Harris, 57, was hea...
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Governor has new reasons for casinosSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- When Gov. Rod Blagojevich backed a casinos-for-construction deal last week, it marked the second time in recent months he'd reneged on a campaign promise ...
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Teenager cleared in Pontiac school gun caseSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - PONTIAC -- A judge has cleared a teenager in a gun incident that led authorities to lock down a central Illinois high school last month. Associate Judge Robert Travers o...
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Family: Body found is that of missing Chicago womanSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A body found Thursday near a Calumet City forest preserve is that of a 28-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative missing for more than a week, a family member and ...
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Police officer charged in murder plotSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A suspended Chicago police officer wanted a former fellow cop -- a potential witness against him -- killed and considered hiring street gang members to do the "paint job...