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Odds Ryan will do time?Aug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The unusual order granting former Gov. George Ryan freedom while he seeks another appeal of his corruption conviction unleashed speculation that he may never be put behi...
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Reading to your child is invaluableAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - A study recently released by the University of Washington (Journal of Pediatrics, September 2007) suggests that infants who are exposed to "smart baby" DVDs and videos t...
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Stricter rules for dental sedationAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois dentists will have to follow stricter state guidelines before using deep sedation on patients under a new law that came in response to the death of a 5-year-old...
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State law tackles predatory lendingAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois legislature this month passed a law that goes to the heart of the global subprime lending mess that is rattling the housing industry and shaking financial m...
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Another year, another list of those trying to impede womenAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - So we gather once more to pay homage to our foremothers by celebrating Aug. 26, the anniversary of the passage of suffrage. What a year it's been since we last met. We'v...
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Car breath tests made mandatoryAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - A new Illinois law requires first-time drunken driving offenders to install breath test devices in their vehicles and pass the test every time they try to start their en...
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Pork plays its own politicsAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Nearly six years ago, officials with Lazarus House planned a new St. Charles shelter keyed on $50,000 from the state. But then Gov. Rod Blagojevich was el...
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French won't extradite suspect in doctor's deathAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - France will not extradite an American suspected of killing a dermatologist in Chicago last year, saying it cannot do so because he also is a French citizen. Hans Peterso...
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O'Hare feud grows with worker's arrestAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The tug of war between Bensenville and Chicago over expanding O'Hare International Airport led to an arrest Friday. Bensenville police arrested an unidentified man who ...
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Legislators angry Blagojevich visits day after cutsAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Suburban lawmakers were stunned Friday to find Gov. Rod Blagojevich touring area flooding and promising to do all he could to help, given that just 24 hou...