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Pence, Schumer on right side of press issue
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Disclosure last week that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press rocked the journalism community. Commandeering the work and personal phone records of individual...Tags: Barack Obama, Justice and Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Neighborhood watch meeting set
MISHAWAKA -- The Twin Branch neighborhood watch group will meet at 7 p.m. today at Twin Branch School.Tags: Politics, Safety of Citizens
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Medicinal pot is coming. Why it's not time to worry
Change of SubjectIf it goes through, we'll see a trade-off. Increases in addiction, crime and family dissolution along with assorted benefits. But enough about the proposed expansion of casino gambling in Illinois. Today I want to talk about the inevitability of... -
House gambling sponsor recuses self because of potential conflict
— The Illinois House's longtime gambling expansion point man has dropped his sponsorship of a casino bill to avoid a potential conflict of interest. Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie wrote to the House clerk that he is now affiliated with a law...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Terry Link, John J Cullerton, Executive Branch, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Not everyone raving about electronic music festival
As Joliet awaits this weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival, one of the country's biggest electronic dance music festivals, many local officials have been emphasizing economics. The festival's promoter, Insomniac, has commissioned impact studies to...
Tags: Entertainment, Los Angeles Hotels, United States Census Bureau, Medical Procedures and Tests, Entertainment Events
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Citadel's Kenneth Griffin exposes 'cronyism,' causes a stir at Economic Club
Citadel LLC founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the financially strapped state in a speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called a local CEO to talk to him...
Tags: Barack Obama, Political Corruption, Democratic Party, Mutual Funds, Richard Nixon
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Cal State moving to offer online science labs
California State University is moving aggressively to offer web-based science labs, a systemwide virtual campus and online advising as remedies for "bottlenecks" that impede student progress and graduation rates, officials said Tuesday. Some of these...Tags: Science and Technology, Jerry Brown, Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Illinois Sports Facilities Authority will pay legal tab for Jim Thompson
The public agency that owns U.S. Cellular Field agreed Tuesday to pay the legal expenses of its ex-chairman, former Gov. Jim Thompson, in a federal lawsuit brought against him last month by the agency's former executive director. The Illinois Sports...
Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Litigation, Politics, Rod Blagojevich
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Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...
Tags: Democratic Party, Washington, DC, Culture, Executive Branch, Taxation
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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon survives vote to strip him of chairman role
NEW YORK – Jamie Dimon survived a bruising fight to strip him of his chairmanship, but directors at JPMorgan Chase & Co. may still have to calm restive shareholders. Dimon, JPMorgan's savvy chairman and chief executive, easily beat a proposal to...Tags: Jamie Dimon, Bank of America Corp., New York City, Shareholders, Finance
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Local medical professionals talk impact of Obamacare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - otherwise known as Obamacare - was signed into law in 2010. Since then it has been the topic of much debate within the medical and insurance industry here in the United States. It was also the topic of...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, Plastic Surgeons, Health Insurance Cost
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), John J Cullerton, Exelon Corp., Environmental Issues, Executive Branch
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