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Kirk Gains GOP Nomination for Illinois Senate Seat

CHICAGO (AP) — Republican Mark Kirk has won a chance to try to take President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat away from Democrats. GOP voters nominated the five-term congressman Tuesday. With 64 percent of precincts reporting, Kirk had 234,277 votes, or 58 percent. Republicans have targeted the seat since then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested [...]

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Durbin, Quinn see economic boon

The cash strapped state of Illinois sees a way of generating some Federal bucks by selling their mostly empty Thompson Correctional Center state prison to Uncle Sam. Seems like a logical thing to do if you live in Obamaland. Close down the state-of-art facility at Gitmo which is the PERFECT place to jail and try [...]

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