Two suspects who appeared in court in Cook County, Illinois, on Sunday are not believed to be part of an alleged terror plot in Chicago during the NATO summit, prosecutors said Sunday.

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NATO terror plot details emerge

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the vice president appeared to go beyond President Obama’s views on the issue.

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The Caucus: Biden ‘Comfortable’ With Gay Marriage

A retired couple from southern Illinois are the third and final winners to claim a share of a record $656m (£409m) Mega Millions lottery jackpot.

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US couple claim $111m lottery win

Lottery ticket-holders in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland each selected the winning numbers and will split a $640 million jackpot that was believed to be the world’s largest such prize, a lottery official said Saturday.

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Winning Tickets Sold in Kan., Ill., Md.

In Maryland, Kansas and Illinois, worth $460M.

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Three Mega Millions Winners Sold

Today should be a moment of celebration for Mitt Romney ’s presidential campaign. Not only did he cruise to victory in the Illinois primary on Tuesday night but he received the endorsement of former Florida governor Jeb Bush today . Read full article > >

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Etch-a-sketch politics: How small things become big things

Rick Santorum on Monday again raised the specter of a brokered Republican convention as he seeks to appeal to conservative voters to deliver another setback to Mitt Romney’s presidential ambitions

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The Caucus: In Illinois, Santorum Talks of Brokered Convention

A painting in the Illinois governor’s mansion long believed to depict Mary Todd Lincoln turns out to tell a different story.

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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Is Deemed a Hoax

Officials and residents in the Mississippi River flood plain known as the American Bottom say the Army Corps of Engineers overreacted after Hurricane Katrina.

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Illinois’s Metro East Disputes Levees’ ‘Unacceptable’ Rating

Mark Steven Kirk, who won President Obama’s Senate seat in 2010, was admitted to a Chicago-area hospital over the weekend after suffering a stroke.

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The Caucus: Illinois Senator Kirk Hospitalized Following Stroke

Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, will go to jail for corruption, including trying to sell the Senate seat that President Obama left behind.

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Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

Investigators examining the 2008 push by Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. to take Barack Obama’s Senate seat found “probable cause” that the Illinois Democrat directed one of his supporters to raise money in exchange for an appointment to the Senate, an investigative report shows.

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The Caucus: Ethics Office Releases Report on Jackson’s Push for Senate Seat

A class-action suit filed in Illinois claims the N.C.A.A. has been negligent regarding awareness and treatment of brain injuries to athletes.

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College Players Move Concussions Issue Into the Courtroom

Mr. Percy was a moderate Republican who clashed with President Richard M. Nixon over Watergate and whose own presidential ambitions were stymied by Nixon’s resignation.

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Charles Percy, Former Illinois Senator, Is Dead at 91

A raft of subpoenas indicate that the defense is researching the backgrounds of many of the defendant’s relatives from Illinois, all on his mother’s side.

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Loughner’s Lawyers Seem to Search His Family Tree for Mental Illness