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President Obama Zooms Into Chicago To Vote Early
CHICAGO (CBS) – President Barack Obama cast an early ballot for the Nov. 6 election during a brief visit to his hometown of Chicago on Thursday. Obama arrived aboard Air Force One shortly before 3:30...
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Sandy Has Obama And Romney Shifting Gears, Not Quite Suspending Campaigns
(CBS) – So much for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney suspending their campaigns during the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports both...
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Could Damage From Hurricane Sandy Prompt Delay Of Election?
CHICAGO (CBS) – The presidential election is just one week away, but with so much damage and destruction, and so many Americans without power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, can the election go on as...
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Mayor Casts Early Ballot In McKinley Park
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel cast his vote for president and in other races at a Chicago Park District fieldhouse on the Southwest Side on Tuesday, and made no secret whom he chose for President....
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Peoria Bishop: Voting For Pro-Choice Candidates A ‘Grave Sin’
PEORIA, Ill. (CBS) – The Catholic bishop in Peoria has ordered priests in his diocese to read a letter at all masses this weekend about the upcoming election, and some see it as a blatant pitch for...
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Emanuel Makes The Rounds At Obama Campaign Offices
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel stopped by President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign offices on the city’s North, West and South Sides, as well as in the Loop Saturday, to urge volunteers to...
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President Obama Spends Election Day In Chicago
UPDATED: 11/6/2012 – 3:52 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – President Obama has been spending Election Day in Chicago, visiting a campaign field office, doing TV interviews, and even fitting in a game of...
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Obama, Pippen Team Up For Afternoon Basketball
(WSCR) If President Obama is anxious about the results of today’s election, he’s not showing it. Around 1 p.m. today, Obama and Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen teamed up for a quick pick-up game at Hope...
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Photos: Obama, Pippen Play Pick-Up Game
(WSCR) Before defeating Mitt Romney in yesterday’s Presidential Election, President Barack Obama took some time away from campaigning to play some hoops. So, who did he call to join him? None other...
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Obama Heads Back To Washington With Hard Work Ahead
CHICAGO (CBS) – President Barack Obama returned to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, for the first time since his stunning Election Day victory earned him four more years in office. CBS 2 Chief...
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South Side Celebrating 4 More Years As President’s Home
Updated 11/07/12 – 9:44 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – For much of the nation, Tuesday’s election was just another election, but for residents of the South Side, it was neighborhood news. CBS 2’s Marissa Bailey...
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Jackson: Black Voters Deserve A Return On Election ‘Investment’
CHICAGO (STMW) – The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday said that President Obama’s reelection was “a great victory,” but that it would be incomplete with a reconstruction of urban America and an...
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Emanuel Meets With Obama, Federal Officials On Transportation, Energy Projects
President Barack Obama talks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office, Nov. 16, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) WASHINGTON (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited the White House...
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Biggert: Political Posturing Stalling Compromise To Avoid ‘Fiscal Cliff’
CHICAGO (CBS) – Outgoing suburban Congresswoman Judy Biggert said she’s very concerned that efforts to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” of mandated tax hikes and program cuts are falling prey to...
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Local NAACP Leader Wants Group’s Non-Profit Status Revoked
CHICAGO (CBS) — When the president of the Chicago South Suburban Branch of the NAACP said he wasn’t supporting President Obama, he was first threatened and then suspended. Now, he’s asking the IRS to...
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North Alabama Player Booted From Team After Racist Tweet About Obama
FLORENCE, Ala. (CBS/AP) — The University of North Alabama says a walk-on football player is off the team after sending a racist tweet about President Barack Obama. The university said coaches made the...
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Obama’s Call For New Gun Control Will Have Plenty Of Backing In Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) – Another showdown might be brewing in our nation’s capital, already split by debate over how to avoid the looming the fiscal cliff. Now, it’s a push to renew the assault weapons ban that...
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Shyne Threatens Obama With “Kanye West Meltdown” Over Chicago Murders
Former Diddy protégé Shyne has gone on a Twitter tear against the president. The Belize-born rapper has been calling out President Barack Obama for not doing more to curb the murder rate in the...
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Emanuel, Quinn, Preckwinkle Laud President’s Gun Control Plan
CHICAGO (CBS) – Top Chicago Democrats were giving President Barack Obama high marks for the plans he announced Wednesday to help quell gun violence. The president announced he will press Congress to...
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Obama’s Inauguration On King Holiday Carries Dual Significance
CHICAGO (CBS) – With President Barack Obama’s second inauguration coming on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday, Monday has been a day of special significance for African-Americans. CBS 2′s Derrick...
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