President Obama is expected to sign the benefit extension today.
(AP)
2 more lifelines
As many as 40,000 jobless Illinois residents, who would have exhausted their unemployment benefits by the end of the year, will benefit from a bill President Obama is expected to sign today extending those benefits up to 20 weeks.
Landmarks panel rejects historic label for Reese
Knuckling under to the Daley administration, the city's landmarks commission Thursday rejected a recommendation that the former Michael Reese Hospital campus on the Near South Side be designated a historic property.
Home buyers tax credit renewed
First-time home buyers have been getting tax credits of up to $8,000 since January as part of the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year. But with the program scheduled to expire at the end of November, the House voted 403-12 Thursday to extend and expand the tax credit to include many buyers who already own homes. The Senate approved the measure Wednesday, and the White House said President Obama would sign it today.
A former General Motors Corp. executive who fled overseas to avoid prosecution pleaded guilty Thursday to kickback charges in connection with the company's sales of aluminum.
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