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Snow, ice tighten grip on Southeast
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Around the country, numerous dramatic stories of people's struggles with the biting cold popped up. Comment?
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BAYFIELD, Wis. -- A police chief in northern Wisconsin has had his driver's license revoked for six months after he pleaded guilty to a drunken-driving charge. Comment?
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Illinois: Kirk responds to ad: I'm not gay
Republican Mark Kirk responded Thursday to ads from a fringe candidate in the U.S. Senate race by flatly stating that he is not gay. Comment?
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Illinois: 500 flights canceled at Chicago airports
Forecasters predicted up to 10 inches of snow in parts of Illinois on Thursday as a winter storm moved across the state, leaving a 72-year-old man dead, forcing Chicago's airports to cancel more than 500 flights and causing treacherous driving conditions. Comment?
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Blagojevich competing on 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Donald Trump boasted that the upcoming season of "The Celebrity Apprentice" is the best ever and promised the star power of its cast "blows 'Dancing With the Stars' away." Yes, it's a new cycle for the Trump-hosted competition show, which won't premiere until March 14 but threw an introductory news conference way back last October, with ... Comment?
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Friday, Jan 8, 2010 * My Sun-Times column today takes the broad view while looking at this botched early release program I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that our last few Illinois governors have been hit with a stupid stick. Comment?
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Early voting starts Monday in Feb. 2 primary
You can cast your ballot soon for the Feb. 2 primary. Early voting starts Monday. Comment?
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Cops: Suspected shooter among dead at Mo. plant
Police on Friday identified the four people killed in a shooting at a St. Louis industrial plant and confirmed that man suspected of opening fire was among the dead. Comment?
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Sun-Times' choice in GOP Primary: Kirk Dillard
Yesterday the Sun Times endorsed Pat Quinn in the Feb 2 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Comment?
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How LIFT-principled is Illinois' General Assembly?
Many conservatives argue that political party affiliation doesn't really matter when it comes to issues suchlimited government, individual rights, free markets and traditional values -- the LIFT principles -- because some Downstate Democrats are more conservative than some Chicago area Republicans. Comment?
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One Step Back After 20 Steps Forward
Blue Collar Recession Continues >> Last Tuesday was, no doubt, a bad day for the Republican Party.A But I think it is important to keep this somewhat in perspective.A It was a bad day , but in the big picture, it reveals real problems for the Democrats. Comment?
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Body found below Oregon Coast cliffs identified as Illinois man
The body of a man found at the base of a cliff in Cape Lookout State Park was positively identified as a missing Lombard, Ill. Comment?
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Ill. priest attempts suicide after abuse claim
The 37-year-old priest was found unconscious Wednesday between the pews of St. Mary's Carmelite Church in Joliet, which is boarded up and no longer used for services, according to Joliet Police Deputy Chief Mike Trafton. Comment?
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Iowa man and Michigan man charged in alleged arson for insurance money
A federal grand jury has indicted a Keokuk, Iowa, man on charges of intentionally burning an Illinois grocery store he had just bought to collect insurance money. Comment?
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Source: NBC weighing Leno return to late-night
Jay Leno may get another chance to reign as late-night king at NBC. The network, contemplating disappointing ratings for Leno's new prime-time show, is weighing a plan to return him to the 11:35 p.m. EST slot he held for 17 years as "Tonight Show" host, a person familiar with the discussions said on condition of anonymity over a lack of authority ... Comment?
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State sells $3.466 billion in bonds to fund pension plans
The governor's Office of Management and Budget announced on Thursday the successful sale of $3.466 billion in taxable general obligation bonds at a rate of 3.854 percent, to be deposited into the Pension Contribution Fund. Comment?
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We're backing Dillard in GOP gov primary
In the fall of 2008, the man who then ran the Illinois Senate, Emil Jones, refused to call the Senate back into session to vote on an important ethics bill. Comment?
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New Ky. mining procedures will curb dumping
State officials have unveiled new engineering requirements they say will reduce the dumping of coal waste into valleys and restore mountaintops gouged by blasting and digging. Comment?
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Snow, ice coat Deep South
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Around the country, numerous dramatic stories of people's struggles with the biting cold popped up. Comment?
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Restaurant work on hold as co-owner faces fatal DUI rap
Work appears to have stopped at the Savard's Hall of Fame restaurant slated to open later this month, as legal problems outweigh business decisions for 22-year-old co-owner Nick Sord. Comment?
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