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Robert Novak column describes cancer treatment

By Associated Press

CHICAGO - Since being diagnosed with brain cancer, Robert Novak has lost partial vision and undergone surgery...

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Chicago Ford plant to eliminate 600 part-time jobs

By Associated Press

CHICAGO - Ford Motor Co. says it’s cutting 600 part-time jobs at its Chicago assembly plant when it drops...

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Jesse Jackson hospitalized for stomach pains

By Jeremy Gorner / Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Rev. Jesse Jackson was being treated Thursday in Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago after...

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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick agrees to plead guilty, resign

By Associated Press

DETROIT - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges today in a sex scandal, forcing him out of office...

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Wis. officials: Nader has ballot signatures

By Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin election officials say independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has enough signatures...

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Defense seeks new trial in microwave death case

By Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio - A former cellmate who said a woman convicted of microwaving her baby daughter confessed to the...

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Governor’s hearing to remove Detroit mayor begins

By Associated Press

DETROIT - Michigan’s governor opened an extraordinary hearing today to determine whether Detroit Mayor Kwame...

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St. Paul set for more politics and protests

By Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Protests in the streets are mixing with politics at the Republican National Convention as police...

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Rock Hall will honor music innovator Les Paul, ’father of the electric guitar’

By Associated Press

CLEVELAND - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will pay tribute to the "father of the electric guitar" this fall. Les...

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Some Chicago students to skip school in protest

By Associated Press

CHICAGO - Hundreds of school children and their parents are gathering on Chicago’s South Side to begin a...

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Pair undertakes joyful nuptials to liven up Mich. funeral parlor

By Associated Press

ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, Mich. - It generally has flowers, and a clergyman is often present, but this was a first...

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Kids, parents wage class warfare over Ill. schools

By Associated Press

CHICAGO - Thousands of students are expected to skip school today in protest at classroom overcrowding, outdated...

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Chicago students to skip first day, lobby for cash

By Associated Press

CHICAGO - Maurisha Gaiter didn’t raise her two daughters to be honor roll students by letting them skip...

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Chemical spill patients prompt ER quarantines

By Herald wire services

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Two hospital emergency rooms were quarantined when eight chemical plant workers sought treatment...

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Bruce Springsteen ends world tour at Harley celebration

By Associated Press

MILWAUKEE - Bruce Springsteen ended his world tour over the weekend, toned down but revved up. Springsteen...

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