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* Candidate’s appearance at event in question

* Peraica tactic includes HDO ‘demonization’

* ACE Mentoring Program - Chicago Works Segment

* Beer spill shuts I-55 ramp for more than 7 hours

About 4 a.m., a truck carrying 1,440 cases of Beck’s beer toppled, spilling much of its load and shutting the northbound ramp near Burr Ridge for more than seven hours, Illinois State Police said. Beer, glass and cardboard littered the ramp after the driver, Clinton E. Maxey, 27, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., took the turn too fast, state police said.

* Suit alleges AT&T Illinois employees not paid for all hours

* Silly?

Even if Jay Stone didn’t deserve any payment, there are still another 1,423 recipients whose right to compensation goes unquestioned.

* Ceasefire, Chicago

* State’s plan to buy Wrigley lands it on endangered list

* Race card back in museum debate

* Senate committee advances measure clarifying smoking ban penalties

* House Approves Rep. Hamos Plan to Spend $2 Million on Infant Hearing Program

* Lawmakers: Can you follow the money?

* Lawmakers propose crosswalk cell phone ban

“Put me in jail,” said Decker, 45, of Chicago. “I’m not paying for talking on a phone. . . . It’s a God-given freedom that I have. What law is there that says I can’t talk on the street? It’s no different than if I’m walking with a friend and talking.”

* Verbal fireworks part of Capitol recall debate

* Lawmakers concerned by DNR fee hikes

Illinois’ public lands “are worthy and deserving of public investment with public tax dollars, as they have been for decades,” said Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria. “To simply take those away and suggest they become self-sufficient through user fees is really selling those natural resources short.”

* Survey: Fla. Teens Believe Drinking Bleach Will Prevent HIV

* AIDS, lies and how the Illinois Supreme Court might rule

* New organ donation commercial revealed

* Republican foe rips Durbin while launching challenge

posted by Kevin Fanning
Thursday, Apr 3, 08 @ 5:30 am

Comments

Budweiser, I’d say no big deal … but, what a terrible, TERRIBLE waste of good Becks!

Comment by Snidely Whiplash Thursday, Apr 3, 08 @ 12:54 pm