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Utility wants more for deliveryMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Regulators are expected to rule next week on an Ameren Corp. appeal that could add higher delivery charges to electric bills already rising because of the end of a rate ...
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Hard-working folks determined to build a futureMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The people in Greensburg have a certain grit about them. Even in their darkest days as their city lay in ruins after it was leveled by a tornado, the population busily w...
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Governor: GRT or deep cutsMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Trying to win passage of his gross-receipts tax in the Illinois House, Gov. Rod Blagojevich personally told representatives Wednesday that dire budget cuts will result f...
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MIKE NADEL: Cubs must address woes at WrigleyMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Wrigley Field should be one of the great home-field advantages in baseball. I'm in my 13th season covering the Cubs and I still haven't figured out why it's not. Too man...
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VISITING CHICAGO: Visitors with literary interests offered a 'Devil' of a tourMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Looking for something a little darker to do while visiting Chicago? Why not step into the bygone era that spawned America 's first serial killer? The Chicago Archite...
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MIKE NADEL: Don't tell me you expected this from Marquis, RothschildMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Obviously, all Jason Marquis needed was an out-of-whack contract that would put crazy pressure on him, the uniform number of a disgraced former icon and a spot in a rota...
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Spirit to rebuildMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The homes, businesses and possessions of the 1,400 people who lived in Greensburg may be battered and destroyed, but their pride in their community remains steadfast. M...
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MIKE NADEL: Bulls collapse leaves fans with little patienceMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Just moments after the Bulls finished a classic Chicago sports collapse that would have made the Cubs proud, a frustrated fan fired his "rally towel" into the press box....
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Illinois House rejects gross receipts tax planMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois House went on record Thursday as overwhelmingly opposed to the gross receipts tax proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Not one representative voted in favor of...
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JEFF VRABEL: The eight-legged freak some outMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - I am not, by nature, a person who is comfortable indulging in the squeamish. When it comes to most things creepy, I am a lightweight, a twerp, what kids in high school...