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Casinos want their smokesSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A statewide smoking ban has yet to snuff a single cigarette and already repeal efforts are afoot at the Capitol. The gambling industry is actively lobbyin...
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Briefs: 'Alcopop' ads targetedSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A new state law aims to keep companies from marketing flavored alcoholic beverages to minors. The drinks, also known as "alcopops," are alcoholic beverages mixed with fr...
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Defense attorney unhappy with delay in mob trialSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A defense attorney at Chicago's biggest mob trial in years said Friday he is unhappy about a delay in jury deliberations, but experts suggested its impact on the case is...
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Boys' murderer dies in prisonSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Maybe it was the memory of the old man opening his door and asking if John Rotunno was there to talk about the decades-old murders of the man's son and two other boys. O...
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Horse-lover's delight in WayneSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - It's like a triathlon for horses. Speed. Endurance. Muscle. These 1,000-plus-pound beauties have everything it takes to jump waterfalls, dodge tree trunks and -- most ...
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Tired of hearing CTA beg for moneySep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - I am sick and tired, as a CTA daily rider, of the CTA complaining that they don't have enough money. Well it's time to raise fares, eliminate routes and run the organiza...
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Crime rates down in Illinois, but murders upSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Serious crime in Illinois fell again last year, but murders rose unexpectedly and violent crime was more of a problem in rural parts of the state, new sta...
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Paratransit needs are being ignoredSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - As we commemorate 9/11 a state of emergency exists in Illinois for mass transit riders, drivers and the disabled. Paratransit riders face life-threatening conditions whe...
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Health coverage should expandSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Congress recently voted to expand SCHIP and make affordable health insurance available to millions more kids while also strengthening Medicare. In response, alarmists ha...
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Briefs: State distributes radiosSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - The state of Illinois says it's wrapping up the distribution of more than 300 radios to 70 of the state's colleges and universities. The STARCOM 21 radios are designed t...