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RTA Budget Hearings Get Into Full Swing

cbs2chicago.com
yesterday
        

CHICAGO (CBS) ― The Regional Transportation Authority is in the midst of hearings on its 2008 budget. A few suburbs had hearings last week, but they begin in the city on Monday night. Issues being discussed will include the...

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Obama Resigns Senate Seat to Write Memoir

freerepublic.com
yesterday
        

— Claiming that the hectic pace of his work in the U.S. Senate has taken its toll, Barack Obama announced today he would resign his senate seat effective Sunday, and take a couple of months off to relax and finish a tell-all...

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Rep. Danny Davis interested in Obama's Senate seat

washingtonpost.com
17-Nov-2008 13 related
        

CHICAGO -- Congressman Danny Davis says he wants to replace Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illinois. The Democrat's declaration came at a news conference in Chicago on Sunday. That's the same day President-elect Obama...

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Budget pinch puts historic sites on hiatus

zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
17-Nov-2008 2 related
        

By JAMES HANNAH • Associated Press Writer • November 17, 2008 WAPAKONETA - Neil Armstrong's spacesuits, a capsule he piloted, the long johns James Lovell wore on the aborted Apollo 13 moon mission and other artifacts in the...

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Transition can be time of risk, Obama says | '60 Minutes'

chicagotribune.com
17-Nov-2008 177 related
        

President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday evening that he is assembling his national security team as quickly as possible because there potentially can be "times of vulnerability" to terrorist attacks...

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Alumna, professor reportedly on Obama short list

gwhatchet.com
17-Nov-2008 1 related
        

by Emily Cahn Senior Staff Writer Issue date: 11/17/08 Section: Two members of the GW community are reportedly on short lists for top positions in President-elect Barack Obama's new administration. The Chicago Tribune reported...

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Obama talks about priorities on '60 Minutes'

post-gazette.com
17-Nov-2008 25 related
        

CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast last night that he is assembling his national security team as quickly as possible because there potentially can be "times of vulnerability" to terrorist...

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Obama adds White House staff

reuters.com
16-Nov-2008 142 related
        

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama resigned his seat in the Senate on Sunday to focus on his transition to the White House, appointing new staff and thanking his home state of Illinois for launching his...

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cnn.com: Vice President Dick Cheney stands with then-Sen. Barack Obama's family in a mock swearing-in in January 2005. cnn.com

Obama resigns Senate seat and adds White House staff

reuters.com
16-Nov-2008 96 related
        

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama resigned his seat in the Senate on Sunday to focus on his transition to the White House, appointing new staff and thanking his home state of Illinois for launching his...

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OPINION: Economy gives us reason to pause on downtown

tmcnet.com
16-Nov-2008
        

Nov. 16--Municipal and county governments could be facing some tough times. After the steep drop in gas prices and with people driving less, money for the road fund is almost certain to fall. State Comptroller Dan Hynes says...

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