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Briefs: Beluga calf born at SheddAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - One of the beluga whales at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has given birth, and mother and calf appear to be doing well. The 24-year-old whale called Mauyak was in labor for a...
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Hastert: Leaving on his own termsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert might not serve out the rest of his term, setting up the possibility of a special election to find a replacement. Hastert, who will f...
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I'm still waiting to be treated as an equal, not as a tokenAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - If not for the revolution, I would not be a White Sox fan. My parents would never have left Bangalore, India, to come to Chicago. I'd be playing fantasy cricket online. ...
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Poor excuse for front-page newsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I now understand what it takes to be featured on the front page, top of the fold, of the Daily Herald. All one has to do is to enter the country illegally, give birth to...
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Jones acting like a politician at the end of his runAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - If this year's legislative session is any indication, Democratic Senate President Emil Jones Jr. appears like a politician at the end of his run. The old-school lawmaker...
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Addison man charged with robbing bank in ChicagoAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A 24-year-old Addison man is being held without bond in connection with a July 11 robbery at a bank on Chicago's far Northwest Side. Jorge Gamboa, of 301 S. Hale St., wa...
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Romney draws longest straw at pollAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the first-ever Illinois Republican Party presidential straw poll Thursday, an event designed more to spur intere...
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Democrats clash on state budgetAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday defended his decision to wipe out lawmakers' projects and instead spend the money on health care expansion that had been ...
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Padilla case goes to juryAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Jurors began deliberations Wednesday after three months of testimony in the trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants on charges of operating a support cell f...
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Immigrant plans to leave her sanctuaryAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church one year ago to avoid deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary next month to lobby Congr...