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Lifting Chicago handgun ban is not justifiable, activists say
March 2, 2010CHICAGO - The U.S. Supreme Court began hearings today regarding a landmark case about whether to lift a 28-year-old handgun ban here.
Read moreIllinois gov. seeking full term says economy needs new ideas
March 2, 2010ORLANDO, Fla. (PAI) - Pat Quinn claims he is thinking out of the box. The times - and the economy of both his state and the nation - demand it. And he wishes politicians in Washington...
Read moreAnd for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize… the Internet?
March 2, 2010Yes, that inanimate global network of computers that brought you stupid pet trick videos, time-wasting video games and spam e-mail has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read moreChicago youth demand jobs
March 2, 2010CHICAGO - "Jobs now" echoed across a frozen Federal Plaza as hundreds of youth demanded passage of federal youth jobs legislation and voiced their anger over being left out of the legislative process.
Read more5,000 protesters to Whirlpool: We’re tired of being treated like trash
March 2, 2010EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Whirlpool is putting over 1,000 workers out on the street, but they and 5,000 other working Americans stood up and said they don't want to be knocked down anymore.
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