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Romney Wins, but No End
in Sight After Illinois

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Mar 21, 2012 7:58 AM CDT

Romney Wins, but No End in Sight After Illinois

Romney takes big state but fails to flip Santorum's base

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's decisive win in Illinois extends his delegate lead, but it's not enough to change the dynamics of the race, let alone knock out Rick Santorum, pundits say.

Romney has scored another big win in a Midwestern state, but even his "staunchest allies don’t expect

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Santorum Rips
Big Money
'Machine' in
Ill. Defeat

Mar 21, 2012 3:16 AM CDT

Santorum Rips Big Money 'Machine' in Ill. Defeat

He slams super PACs in Gettysburg address

(Newser) - Rick Santorum has made it clear that he's sticking around despite his resounding defeat in Illinois . In a rambling election night speech in Gettysburg, he described this year's election as the most important since 1860, urged supporters to "saddle up, like Reagan did in the cowboy movies,...

Romney Wins
Easily in Illinois

Mar 20, 2012 9:33 PM CDT

Romney Wins Easily in Illinois

Rick Santorum finishes a distant second

(Newser) - Mitt Romney rolled to an easy win in the Illinois primary tonight, reports AP . With 98% of precincts reporting, he has 47% of the vote, well ahead of Rick Santorum (35%), Ron Paul (9%), and Newt Gingrich (8%). "Thank you Illinois," Romney said. "What a night."...

Oops: Some Illinois Ballots
Too Big for Scanners

Mar 20, 2012 7:35 PM CDT

Oops: Some Illinois Ballots Too Big for Scanners

Officials get unpleasant Election Day surprise

(Newser) - Illinois has something to work on for the general election in November: making sure its ballots aren't too big. Elections officials discovered to their alarm today that some ballots would not fit into scanners for counting and had to be trimmed by hand, reports the Chicago Tribune . The snafu...

What to Watch
in Illinois Primary

election 2012

Mar 20, 2012 7:24 AM CDT

What to Watch in Illinois Primary

Mitt Romney poised for the win as voters hit the polls

(Newser) - Illinois votes for its GOP candidate of choice today, with 69 delegates at stake—the second-most of any state so far. Here's what the experts at Politico and the Daily Beast have their eye on:

Can Mitt Romney crack 50%? Polls have Romney heavily favored in the state, and

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Romney Way Up
in Illinois, But...

primary preview

Mar 19, 2012 7:45 AM CDT

Romney Way Up in Illinois, But...

Some cite lackluster performance in state he could have dominated

(Newser) - A new poll puts Mitt Romney 15 percentage points ahead of his closest rival, Rick Santorum, in Illinois' primary tomorrow—but perhaps he shouldn't start celebrating yet. Public Policy Polling has Romney winning 45% of the vote to Santorum's 30% (it puts Newt Gingrich at 12% and Ron...

Chicago Tribune
Endorses
Romney

Mar 17, 2012 6:42 AM CDT

Chicago Tribune Endorses Romney

He gets backing ahead of Tuesday's primary

(Newser) - The United States is deeply in debt, and the "lethal pathology" of entitlement spending "threatens the career incomes of our children and grandchildren. They will spend their work lives as indentured servants to their elders." Which of the Republican candidates can fix that huge mess? Only Mitt...

Prison-Bound
Blagojevich
Gets Lost,
Grabs Lunch

Mar 16, 2012 6:10 AM CDT

Prison-Bound Blagojevich Gets Lost, Grabs Lunch

Last meal before jail: fast food

(Newser) - As Rod Blagojevich's car headed to prison from the Denver airport yesterday, it didn't stop at the entrance of the correctional facility. Then it passed by again. Turns out the former Illinois governor and his lawyer got lost, then opted to grab Blago's last lunch before serving...

Jail-Bound
Blago Says
Goodbye

Mar 15, 2012 2:00 AM CDT

Jail-Bound Blago Says Goodbye

Ex-gov holds public farewell before starting 14-year sentence

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich spent part of his last day as a free man saying farewell to the press and the public. The former governor of Illinois, who starts a 14-year sentence for corruption today, held a "public goodbye" outside his Chicago home. In a speech to journalists, neighbors, and well-wishers—...

It All Comes Down
to Illinois Now

ANALYSIS

Mar 14, 2012 8:28 AM CDT

It All Comes Down to Illinois Now

Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum both need this

(Newser) - Having failed to seal up the nomination in yesterday's Southern primaries , it's all about Illinois now for Mitt Romney. That state's Tuesday primary is the next big one, though Missouri will hold caucuses Saturday and Puerto Rico holds its primary Sunday. Politico calls Illinois "the new...

Strip Clubs in Illinois
May Get $5 Skin Tax

Feb 16, 2012 1:17 PM CST

Strip Clubs in Illinois May Get $5 Skin Tax

Money would go to sexual assault services

(Newser) - Call it a skin tax, a sin tax, or a pole tax, but whatever the name, visitors to strip clubs in Illinois may soon have to pony up an extra $5 to get in the door, reports the Chicago Tribune . A state senator has a sponsored a bill calling for...

Nuns Fight Next-Door Strip Club

Feb 9, 2012 1:45 AM CST

Nuns Fight Next-Door Strip Club

Owner of 'gentlemen's cabaret' promises to be good neighbor

(Newser) - A group of nuns in suburban Chicago aren't happy about their naughty new neighbors. A huge strip club is being built next door to the sisters' convent complex, which includes a home for elderly nuns and one for young nuns-to-be, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The nuns complain that they...

Sen. Mark Kirk Has a Stroke

Jan 23, 2012 11:36 AM CST

Sen. Mark Kirk Has a Stroke

Illinois Republican who won Barack Obama's seat hospitalized

(Newser) - The Republican who replaced Barack Obama in the US Senate underwent surgery today, after suffering a stroke this weekend, his office has revealed. Mark Kirk, 52, is currently recovering in Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. "Due to his young age, good health, and the nature...

Dead Accident Victim to Be Sued For Flying Body Parts

Dec 30, 2011 1:44 AM CST

Dead Accident Victim to Be Sued For Flying Body Parts

Court allows woman to sue estate of Chicago teen killed by train

(Newser) - An appeals court in Illinois has decided that a dead Chicago teen can be sued for injuries caused by his own flying body parts. The 18-year-old almost-passenger ran in front of a train in an attempt to catch another train and was hit by an Amtrak going 70mph. A big...

Blago Seeks Prison Rehab

Dec 15, 2011 2:23 AM CST

Blago Seeks Prison Rehab

Ex-gov granted extra month of freedom

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich is seeking to join a substance abuse program in federal prison, but some suspect the disgraced former Illinois governor is trying to shave time off his sentence rather than deal with a genuine drug or alcohol problem. Under federal guidelines, Blagojevich is likely to serve just under 12...

For Blago, 71 Days
of Freedom Left

Dec 8, 2011 9:41 AM CST

For Blago, 71 Days of Freedom Left

And no pension, to boot

(Newser) - Gone was the defiant Rod Blagojevich who protested his innocence , promised a comeback , and called himself "frankly … stunned" at his guilty verdict: The Blago on display yesterday at his sentencing was apologetic and emotional, but he was sentenced to 14 years for corruption nonetheless. Now he has just...

Blagojevich Gets 14 Years

Dec 7, 2011 12:43 PM CST

Blagojevich Gets 14 Years

Former Illinois governor sentenced for corruption

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison today, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. "When it is the governor who goes bad...

Jobless Man
Finds $150K
in Garden

Jobless Man Finds $150K in Garden

Illinois carpenter may get to keep cash after a year

(Newser) - Wayne Sabaj went into his backyard garden looking for broccoli and found $150,000 instead. The unemployed and very honest Illinois carpenter—fearing the cash packed into two duffel bags might have come from a bank robbery—alerted police to the discovery. Investigators have been unable to find the source...

Floating 'Foot' Spurs
10-Hour Lake Search

Aug 11, 2011 10:47 AM CDT

Floating 'Foot' Spurs 10-Hour Lake Search

Boy thought he saw a human foot...

(Newser) - A boy fishing in a northern Illinois lake hooked—and then lost—what he thought was a human foot, but a search determined the appendage had belonged to a mannequin. Divers and sonar teams spent nearly 10 hours searching Lake Marie, near Antioch, before they located the fake foot last...

Girl's Body Exhumed
54 Years After Murder

Jul 28, 2011 3:04 AM CDT

Girl's Body Exhumed 54 Years After Murder

Investigators hope new DNA techniques will help nail prime suspect

(Newser) - A little girl's body has been exhumed 54 years after her murder, by cops who now think they can nail the killer using new forensics techniques. Prime suspect Jack McCullough, a former neighbor of the 7-year-old girl, has already been extradited from Washington to Illinois to face charges. "...