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Liar, Liar!! Barack Obama's Secretary of War

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 4 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

Some Obama supporters are wringing their hands over the selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Hillary was, after all, a consistent supporter of the disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and much more. But Barack Obama's selection of...

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Oprah goes to Washington

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 11 hours ago | Political News

Source: Chicago Tribune

Oprah Winfrey told "Access Hollywood" that she'll be taking her talk show to Washington, DC, for the week of Barack Obama's inauguration. Calif. – December 3, 2008- Oprah Winfrey confirms to "Access Hollywood" she will be hosting "The Oprah Winfrey...

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Dolton Mayor Bill Shaw's funeral draws hundreds of mourners

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 10 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Daily Southtown

Staff Writer Hundreds gathered Thursday to listen to a parade of ministers, high-profile politicians, friends and family members celebrate the life of the late Bill Shaw, the first black mayor of Dolton and a former state senator. After some 20 speakers,...

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Gene may open door for new sickle cell therapies (Reuters)

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 2 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Xtra News

U.S. researchers have discovered a gene switch that could lead to better treatments for sickle cell disease and thalassemia, two inherited blood disorders that affect millions of people, they said on Thursday. Learning how to activate this switch might help...

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Meters won't rest on Sunday

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 12 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Chicago Tribune

Chicago parking meter holidays, including free Sundays, would end next month as a result of Mayor Richard Daley 's deal to lease the city's spots to a private company for 75 years for a one-time windfall of nearly $1.2 billion....

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K&L Gates in merger talks with Chicago law firm

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 7 hours ago | Business News

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Law firm K&L Gates said it is in merger talks with Chicago-based Bell, Boyd & Lloyd. If the deal is finalized, K&L Gates would have about 2,000 attorneys worldwide. Bell, Boyd & Lloyd has about 250 attorneys in Chicago, San...

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Changeling: Searching for Oscar

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 11 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: Spiked

Set against the backdrop of a Prohibition-era LA suburb, where women, particularly single mothers, are treated with disdain and where a corrupt and incompetent police force is more concerned with covering its own back than maintaining law and order, Clint...

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Two teens slain in separate shootings

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 11 hours ago | No category

Source: Chicago-Sun Times

one while leaving a high school basketball game -- in separate Wednesday night shootings on the West and South sides. About 7 p.m., someone approached a man leaving a high school basketball game at Harlan High School, on the 9600...

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Why Obama Won?

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 2 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

In the waning weeks of the 2008 campaign, John McCain warned voters that if they pulled the lever for Barack Obama, they would be electing the least tested, least experienced president in U.S.history. Some said this was negative campaigning. It...

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Hillary Clinton Would Continue "Bush Doctrine" ? What now?

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Sen. Barack Obama lobbed another verbal grenade at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, continuing a feud that first erupted at Monday night's Democratic presidential debate. In a conference call with reporters, Obama said Clinton...

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