On the occasion of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday
President Obama will be in Springfield, Ill., this evening, in attendance at a dinner to honor…
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Three Aurora teens injured by speeding car
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1408016,6_1_NA01_STATE2_S1.article The Naperville Sun is reporting that three teens were struck by a reckless driver of…
Bur. of Labor Stats: Blacks with more school have jobs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021003449.html According to a report by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in celebration of Black…
On ratifying the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php? … geId=87929 The UN’s treaty, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, known as…
Controversial gossip website shuts down
http://chronicle.com/free/2009/02/10973n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that JuicyCampus, which had established gossip sites for…
10-year-old, hanged in Evanston school bathroom, dies
http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/47326/group/home/ The Associated Press is reporting (Feb. 4, 2009) that a 10-year-old boy has died after…
College grads face a bad job-hunting environment
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6218501.html From the Houston Chronicle … Jan. 18, 2009 … Facing what experts have called “one…
Exclusionary rule narrowed in 4th Amendment case
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/washington/15scotus.html In the Supreme Court of the United States, it was decided today that evidence obtained…
Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/01/live-blog-of-il.html Illinois House votes to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich From the Chicago Tribune Jan. 9, 2009…
Movie review: Bedtime Stories (B-, C-, C-)
Release date (wide): Dec. 25, 2008 … Overall: B- … Teens: C- … Story: C-. The…