Illinois tops foe, polls
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Kevin Jones came ready with a rousing pregame speech Monday night. Figuring he might never get another chance like this, the Chicago State coach let it fly.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored a  game-high 19 points and Deron Williams chipped in 11 with 12  assists to lead top-ranked Illinois over Penn State, 90-64, in  a Big Ten battle.
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Barack Obama leads the Democratic presidential field in South Carolina, while Fred Thompson is challenging Rudy Giuliani for the top spot among Republican contenders, according to a new poll.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama and New York Senator Hillary Clinton each claimed victories in two states, according to early network projections, on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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The candidates for the US Senate in Illinois hit the polls early Tuesday morning with their families in tow amid drizzly weather. Republican Alan Keyes, accompanied by
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Rasmussen Reports - New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Illinois Senator Barack Obama have been one-two in polls for the Democratic Presidential nomination since the campaign season begin.
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Illinois and Kansas remained 1-2 in the AP college basketball poll for the sixth straight week, while Marquette and Oklahoma cracked the Top 25 for the first time this season Monday.
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Fifth-ranked Illinois turns its showdown with No. 24 Gonzaga into a blowout as it beats the Bulldogs convincingly, 89-72.
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The Democrats who dominate Illinois government face a major problem: each other.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - James Augustine scored a  game-high 16 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead No. 1  Illinois past Indiana, 60-47, at Assembly Hall.
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New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton  has moved to a double-digit lead over her closest Democratic  presidential rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, according to a  USAToday/Gallup poll released on Monday.
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Top-ranked Illinois shoots 52 percent from three-point range, making 13 overall, to roll over No. 12 Michigan State, 81-68, in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday.
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Rasmussen Reports - Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) leads Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel (R) by 16 percentage points in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. The Election 2008 poll, part of a series looking at all potential match-ups, shows Obama attracting 50% of the vote to Hagel&#39;s 34%.
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If No. 1 Illinois keeps this up, the Fighting Illini might be returning to St. Louis to finish the season. Luther Head scored 20 points, and Deron Williams had nine of his 19 points in the
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Democrat Deval Patrick holds a commanding lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey in the Massachusetts governor's race, a new poll of likely voters shows.
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Illinois is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for an eighth consecutive week, earning all but one first-place vote. That ballot was cast for the new No. 2 team: Duke.
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Davis&#39; career-high is 301 yards against Minnesota in 2002...Wisconsin was scored upon in the fourth quarter for the first time this season...The Badgers have won the last two meetings with the Illini, but Illinois still holds a 35-31-7 advantage all-time.