Swine Flu Deaths Mount
(Chicago, Illinois) Authorities in Mexico announced three more swine flu deaths and the United States and Canada one more death each as the world’s largest vaccine maker signed a deal with the United States to produce a swine flu vaccine.
The World Health Organization says at least 46 countries have confirmed …
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(Chicago, Illinois) Congressman-elect Mike Quigley is known for being an independent, reform-minded politician, but he learned politics the old-school Chicago way.
Quigley worked for Alderman Bernie Hansen in the 1980s running his ward office and learning real-life political lessons about meat-and-potatoes services to constituents, like making sure the garbage gets picked …
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(Chicago, Illinois) A Chicago police officer is facing seven civil lawsuits accusing him of making false drunk driving arrests, using excessive force and harassing gays and lesbians.
Four of the suits against officer Richard Fiorito were filed this week, The Chicago Tribune reported. The three others were filed in February.
Attorney Jon …
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(Chicago, Illinois) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says that an Illinois bishop was acting alone in sending an e-mail to members of his ward urging them to oppose a civil union bill before the state legislators.
But the Utah-based denomination has not ruled out becoming involved in the …
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(Chicago, Illinois) Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard’s wife says she knew about his struggles with same-sex attraction for years and felt he was “winning the battle” before a scandal involving a male prostitute triggered his downfall in late 2006.
Gayle Haggard makes the remarks in an appearance with her husband on …
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(Chicago, Illinois) Citing the need to have an accurate birth certificate for identification purposes, two women born in Illinois asked a court to order the State to issue new birth certificates that reflect their correct gender following sex reassignment surgery.
For more than four decades, Illinois has permitted individuals who have …
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(Chicago, Illinois) President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday tapped Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan to become secretary of education.
Duncan advised Obama on education issues during the campaign and has run the country’s third-biggest school district for the past seven years.
As CEO of Chicago Public Schools, the 44-year-old has …
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(Chicago, Illinois) Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that he conspired to sell or trade Illinois’ vacant senate seat.
The seat became open when Sen. Barrack Obama was elected president. The Illinois constitution gives the governor the sole authority to fill a Senate vacancy.
At a news conference in …
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(Chicago, Illinois) Jury selection began in a federal lawsuit against two Chicago police officers accused of beating a gay man.
Alexander Ruppert claims that officers Vincent Torres and Kent Pemberton beat him and denied him his civil rights solely because of his sexuality in a 2006 altercation.
Ruppert, 37, says he was …
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