Cook County sales tax increase is rolled back, effective July 1
County Board overrides Todd Stroger's veto; he may sue to block decision The nearly yearlong battle to cut the Cook County sales tax reached a potential turning point Tuesday as commissione...
Chicago Tribune,
Tue Dec 01 22:51:00 PST 2009
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Statehouse Live: NAACP to meet with Otto over video controversy
Members of NAACP plan to discuss with state Rep. Bill Otto his video that has caused a firestorm of controversy
Lawrence Journal-World,
Wed Dec 02 08:51:56 PST 2009
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Bolivia
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales , who is running for re-election in a Dec. 6 vote, said he
Bloomberg,
Tue Dec 01 11:40:39 PST 2009
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Way back when: Today in history
The Senate condemned Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., for 'conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.' The resolution was approved by a 67-22 vote in a special sess...
Tulsa World,
Wed Dec 02 00:24:23 PST 2009
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Arming Goldman With Pistols Against Public: Alice Schroeder
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) --
Bloomberg,
Tue Dec 01 08:09:07 PST 2009
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Safety logs, Nov. 30, 2009
Police logs Monday
Desert Dispatch,
Mon Nov 30 12:40:17 PST 2009
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Award-winning illustrator is living his dream
Illustrator writes his own book
Contra Costa Times,
Sun Nov 29 01:08:01 PST 2009
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Racists killed couple, but their home rises anew
Through misty eyes, Evangeline Moore stared at the crater where her parents' bed once stood. At once, the enormity of the moment descended on the young woman. Two nights earlier, on Christm...
Orlando Sentinel,
Sat Nov 28 04:58:38 PST 2009
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Racists killed Brevard couple, but their home rises anew
Florida means land of flowers It was on a Christmas night In the state named for the flowers Men came bearing dynamite ... It could not be in Jesus' name Beneath the bedroom floor On Christ...
Orlando Sentinel,
Fri Nov 27 22:33:35 PST 2009
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Kazak Newspaper Fights for Survival
Major bank wins court claim that press reports damaged its reputation, while newspaper says it is being punished for its critical stance.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting,
Fri Nov 27 10:16:06 PST 2009
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Angry journalists march to condemn killings
Wearing black shirts and armbands, some 100 journalists, including newspaper editors, and radio commentators and anchors, marched here on Thursday to denounce the mass killing of at least 2...
Philippine Daily Inquirer,
Thu Nov 26 20:43:12 PST 2009
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Obituary: Samak Sundaravej / Controversial ex-premier of Thailand
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who served a brief and tumultuous term last year as Thailand's prime minister, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Wed Nov 25 21:37:37 PST 2009
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Samak Sundaravej, Former Thai Prime Minister, Dies at 74
Samak Sundaravej , a firebrand right-wing politician and television cooking show host who served a brief and tumultuous term last year as prime minister of
Thailandnews.net,
Wed Nov 25 18:48:09 PST 2009
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Iraq, Palin and building bridges
This will not be a trial, announces John Chilcot, chair of the latest inquiry into the Iraq war, and there will be no apportionment of blame, still less of criminal responsibility. Yet a tr...
The New Statesman,
Wed Nov 25 21:50:32 PST 2009
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Booker T. Washington Biography Reexamines Legacy
On a Friday morning one century ago this month, an entourage of about 20 black men and a few whites arrived together, trailing a posse of reporters from big-city newspapers like the New Yor...
Metro Pulse,
Wed Nov 25 12:34:48 PST 2009
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Family ties
If you think sharing risqué photographs is the product of camera phones, a new book by local area genealogists will make you think again.
City Pulse,
Wed Nov 25 09:47:55 PST 2009
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Cook County sales tax increase is rolled back
County Board overrides Todd Stroger's veto; he may sue to block decision The nearly yearlong battle to cut the Cook County sales tax reached a potential turning point Tuesday as commissione...
Chicago Tribune,
Tue Dec 01 22:10:25 PST 2009
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Way back when: Today in history
The Senate condemned Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., for 'conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.' The resolution was approved by a 67-22 vote in a special sess...
Tulsa World,
Wed Dec 02 00:32:23 PST 2009
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Obituary: Samak Sundaravej / Controversial ex-premier of Thailand
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who served a brief and tumultuous term last year as Thailand's prime minister, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Wed Nov 25 21:38:48 PST 2009
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