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The problem with Duckworth
Let's see, the reasons that you're supposed to vote for Democrat Tammy Duckworth and against Republican incumbent Joe Walsh in the northwest suburban 8th Congressional District are: He's a radical, "anti-choice," loudmouthed, wing-nut tea partyer. Do I...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Abortion, Joe Walsh
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'I am human' Jackson tells constituents in robocall
Tribune reporterU.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., absent from public life and the campaign trail since June for treatment of bipolar depression, launched a series of automated telephone calls Saturday, asking constituents for patience but not their votes. The 85-second...Tags: Democratic Party, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Barack Obama, Elections, Bipolar Disorder
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Team that brought down Blagojevich honored
Tribune reporterThe federal law enforcement team that brought down former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and numerous advisers was honored today by the Justice Department for the eight-year investigation. Blagojevich is serving a 14-year prison sentence after his conviction for...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, FBI
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Latest Jackson Jr. probe clouds political, legal future
Tribune reportersOut of sight for months and seeking re-election in weeks, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s return to Congress by voters may be virtually assured, but a new federal investigation of the South Side Democrat has made his political and legal future even more tenuous....Tags: Parties and Movements, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Barack Obama, Lawyers, Chicago Elections
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. on medical leave, exhaustion cited
Tribune reportersU.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s office says the veteran Democratic congressman has been on medical leave from Congress for the past two weeks and is being treated for exhaustion. The 17-year Illinois congressman’s office declined to say...Tags: Debbie Halvorson, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Barack Obama, Voting, Primaries
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Kass: Have mercy, your honor, for Illinois
To the Honorable U.S. District Judge James Zagel Dirksen Federal Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago Dear Judge Zagel: I'm not some Indonesian orphan, or a young man suffering from cerebral palsy, or a Chinese political asylum seeker. And I'm...
Tags: Punishment, Parkinson's Disease, Tony Rezko, George Ryan, Richard M. Daley
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BGR The Burger Joint rolls out presidential burgers
The Baltimore SunBGR The Burger Joint is reviving its Presidential Burger Contest with burgers inspired by President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The burgers, available in BGR locations nationwide beginning Sept. 25, are odes to the...Tags: John McCain, Nicole Polizzi, Foods and Beverages, Barack Obama, Elections
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Corrupt attorney who cooperated in Blagojevich probe gets probation
Tribune reporterA former attorney for the state’s largest teachers’ pension fund who cooperated with federal investigators after being snared in the probe that ultimately felled former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced today in federal court in Chicago to...Tags: Punishment, Trials, Prisons
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
5:30 - 9 a.m. Jonathon Brandmeier 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mike McConnell 9:05 a.m. A teacher’s strike, trouble abroad, and NOW a bacon crisis! Is it the end of the world?! Mike McConnell finds out what could be interrupting delivery of your favorite...Tags: Richard Gere, Government, National Hockey League, Executive Branch, Politics
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. May Return to Work in Washington
CNNWASHINGTON -- Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who hasn't been seen on Capitol Hill since late May, hopes to return work Monday after checking out of the Mayo Clinic where he was treated for bipolar depression, his office said. Monday is the first day back for...Tags: Stress, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Barack Obama, Bipolar Disorder, Depression
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Will Chicago have a villain vacancy? Let's hope so
Ding-dong, now Drew is gone. Who's next? Who will be the next entertaining villain Chicago exports to the world? I have to confess that I had trouble following the trial of Drew Peterson, the suburban ex-cop who last week, while his fourth wife remains...
Tags: Television Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Drew Peterson, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Trials
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