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1. [[#cite_ref-0|↑]] {{cite web|publisher=[[FactCheck]]|url=http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html|title=Born in the U.S.A.|date=August 21, 2008|accessdate=October 24, 2008}}
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2. [[#cite_ref-maraniss_1-0|↑]] {{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301620.html|title=Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself, It Is Hawaii That Made His Rise Possible|last=Maraniss|first=David|work=Politics|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2008|accessdate=October 27, 2008}}
3. [[#cite_ref-2|↑]] For Stanley Ann's first name, see Obama (1995, 2004), p. 19
4. [[#cite_ref-Kansas_0|↑]] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Kansas
5. [[#cite_ref-4|↑]] {{cite web|last=Rudin |first=Ken |url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/12/todays_junkie_segment_on_totn_5.html |title=NPR's ''Political Junkie'', 23 December 2009, accessed 30 December 2009 |publisher=Npr.org |date=2009-12-23 |accessdate=2010-04-18}}
6. [[#cite_ref-5|↑]] {{cite web|author=Heard on Tell Me More |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=96126355 |title=Asian Writer Ponders First Asian President Too |publisher=Npr.org |date=2008-10-29 |accessdate=2010-04-18}}
7. [[#cite_ref-6|↑]] Obama (1995, 2004), pp. 9–10. For book excerpts, see {{cite news|title=Barack Obama: Creation of Tales|date=November 1, 2004|url=http://www.nationmedia.com/EastAfrican/01112004/Features/PA2-2212.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070927225314/http://www.nationmedia.com/EastAfrican/01112004/Features/PA2-2212.html|archivedate=September 27, 2007|work=East African|accessdate=April 13, 2008}}
8. ↑ [[#cite_ref-baltimoresun2007_7-0|8.0]] [[#cite_ref-baltimoresun2007_7-1|8.1]] {{cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/chi-0703270151mar27-archive,0,91024,full.story|title=Obama's mom: Not just a girl from Kansas: Strong personalities shaped a future senator|first=Tim|last=Jones|work=[[Chicago Tribune]], reprinted in [[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=March 27, 2007|accessdate=October 27, 2008}}
9. [[#cite_ref-8|↑]] {{cite news|author=Ripley, Amanda|title=The Story of Barack Obama's Mother|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1729524,00.html|date=April 9, 2008|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=April 9, 2007}}
10. [[#cite_ref-9|↑]] {{cite news|first=Kevin|last=Merida|title=The Ghost of a Father|date=December 14, 2007|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/12/13/ST2007121301893.html|work=Washington Post|accessdate=June 24, 2008}}
* {{cite news|first=Philip|last=Ochieng|title=From Home Squared to the US Senate: How Barack Obama Was Lost and Found|date=November 1, 2004|url=http://www.nationmedia.com/EastAfrican/01112004/Features/PA2-11.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070927223905/http://www.nationmedia.com/EastAfrican/01112004/Features/PA2-11.html|archivedate=September 27, 2007|work=East African|accessdate=June 24, 2008}}
11. [[#cite_ref-10|↑]] Obama (1995, 2004), pp. 44–45.
12. [[#cite_ref-11|↑]] {{cite web|url=http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/statue-of-us-president-barack-obama-to-be-unveiled-in-jakarta-park/346178 |title=Statue of a Young Obama To Watch Over Indonesian Capital |publisher=The Jakarta Globe |date=2009-12-09 |accessdate=2010-02-19}}
13. [[#cite_ref-12|↑]] {{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/10/content_12624443.htm |title=From Chinaview.cn |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=2009-12-10 |accessdate=2010-04-18}}
14. [[#cite_ref-13|↑]] {{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012400371_pf.html |title=Obama Debunks Claim About Islamic School |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date=2007-01-24 |accessdate=2010-04-18 | first=Nedra | last=Pickler}}
15. [[#cite_ref-14|↑]] {{cite news|first=Peter|last=Serafin|title=Punahou Grad Stirs Up Illinois Politics|date=March 21, 2004|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/03/21/news/story4.html|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|accessdate=April 13, 2008}}
* Obama (1995, 2004), Chapters 3 and 4.
16. [[#cite_ref-15|↑]] {{cite news|first=Amanda|last=Ripley|title=The Story of Barack Obama's Mother|date=April 9, 2008|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1729524,00.html|work=Time|accessdate=June 24, 2008}}
* {{cite news|first=Julia|last=Suryakusuma|title=Obama for President... of Indonesia|date=November 29, 2006|work=Jakarta Post|url=http://old.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20061129.F03|accessdate=June 24, 2008}}
17. [[#cite_ref-16|↑]] Obama (1995), pp. 9–10.
18. [[#cite_ref-17|↑]] Obama (1995), Chapters 4 and 5.
* {{cite news|first=Richard A|last=Serrano|title=Obama's Peers Didn't See His Angst|format=paid archive|date=March 11, 2007|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1230439131.html?dids=1230439131:1230439131&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+11%2C+2007&author=Richard+A.+Serrano&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.20&desc=THE+NATION|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=January 4, 2008}}
19. [[#cite_ref-18|↑]] {{cite news|first=B. J|last=Reyes|title=Punahou Left Lasting Impression on Obama|date=February 8, 2007|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/02/08/news/story02.html|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|accessdate=January 4, 2008}} "As a teenager, Obama went to parties and sometimes sought out gatherings on military bases or at the [[University of Hawaii]] that were mostly attended by blacks."
20. [[#cite_ref-19|↑]] {{cite news|title=Obama Gets Blunt with N.H. Students| date=November 21, 2007|work=Boston Globe|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/21/obama_gets_blunt_with_nh_students/|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=January 4, 2008}}
* In ''Dreams from My Father'', Obama writes: "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it." Obama (1995), pp. 93–94.
* For analysis of the political impact of the quote and Obama's more recent admission that he smoked marijuana as a teenager ("When I was a kid, I inhaled"), see: {{cite news|first=Lois|last=Romano|title=Effect of Obama's Candor Remains to Be Seen|date=January 3, 2007|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/02/AR2007010201359.html|work=Washington Post|accessdate=January 4, 2008}}
* {{cite news|first=Katharine Q|last=Seelye|title=Obama Offers More Variations From the Norm|date=October 24, 2006|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/us/politics/24obama.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=January 4, 2008}}
21. [[#cite_ref-20|↑]] {{cite news|first=Ed|last=Hornick|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/16/warren.forum/|title=Obama, McCain talk issues at pastor's forum|work=CNN.com|location=LAKE FOREST, California|date=August 17, 2008|accessdate=January 4, 2009}}
22. [[#cite_ref-21|↑]] {{cite web|title=Oxy Remembers "Barry" Obama '83|date=January 29, 2007|url=http://www.oxy.edu/x8270.xml|publisher=Occidental College|accessdate=April 13, 2008}}
23. [[#cite_ref-22|↑]] {{cite news|url=http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan05/cover.php|title=Barack Obama '83|work=Columbia College Today|author=Boss-Bicak, Shira|date=January 2005|accessdate=June 9, 2008}}
24. [[#cite_ref-BOCV_23-0|↑]] {{cite web|url=http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/obama/cv.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20010509024017/http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/obama/cv.html|archivedate=May 9, 2001|title=Curriculum Vitae|publisher=The University of Chicago Law School|accessdate=November 3, 2008}}
25. [[#cite_ref-24|↑]] {{cite news|first=Sasha|last=Issenberg|title=Obama shows hints of his year in global finance: Tied markets to social aid|date=August 6, 2008 |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/06/obama_shows_hints_of_his_year_in_global_finance/?page=1|work=Boston Globe|accessdate=April 13, 2008}}
26. ↑ [[#cite_ref-Who.27s_Who_2008_25-0|26.0]] [[#cite_ref-Who.27s_Who_2008_25-1|26.1]] [[#cite_ref-Who.27s_Who_2008_25-2|26.2]] [[#cite_ref-Who.27s_Who_2008_25-3|26.3]] {{cite book|author=Chassie, Karen (ed.)|year=2007|title=Who's Who in America, 2008|url=http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/products/WAprodinfo.asp|location=New Providence, New Jersey|work=Marquis Who's Who|isbn=9780837970110|accessdate=June 6, 2008|page=3468|publisher=Marquis Who's Who}}
27. [[#cite_ref-26|↑]] {{cite news|first=Janny|last=Scott|title=Obama's Account of New York Years Often Differs from What Others Say|date=October 30, 2007|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html|work=The New York Times|accessdate=April 13, 2008}} Obama (1995, 2004), pp. 133–140; Mendell (2007), pp. 62–63.
28. [[#cite_ref-27|↑]] {{cite news|author=Secter, Bob; McCormick, John|date=March 30, 2007|title=Portrait of a pragmatist|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703300121mar30,1,6651421,full.story|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080209030448/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703300121mar30,1,6651421,full.story|archivedate=February 9, 2008|work=Chicago Tribune|page=1|accessdate=June 6, 2008}}
* {{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Lizza|title=The Agitator: Barack Obama's Unlikely Political Education|format=alternate link|date=March 19, 2007|url=http://www.pickensdemocrats.org/info/TheAgitator_070319.htm|work=New Republic|accessdate=April 13, 2008}}
* Obama (1995, 2004), pp. 140–295
* Mendell (2007), pp. 63–83.
29. [[#cite_ref-28|↑]] {{cite news|author=Matchan, Linda|date=February 15, 1990|title=A Law Review breakthrough|url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/1990/02/15/a_law_review_breakthrough/|format=paid archive|work=The Boston Globe|page=29|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Corr, John|date=February 27, 1990|title=From mean streets to hallowed halls|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&p_theme=pi&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_trackval=PI&s_search_type=customized&s_dispstring=Author(John%20Corr)%20AND%20date(02/27/1990%20to%2002/27/1990)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=02/27/1990%20to%2002/27/1990)&p_field_advanced-0=Author&p_text_advanced-0=(John%20Corr)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes|format=paid archive|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=C01|accessdate=June 6, 2008}}
30. [[#cite_ref-29|↑]] {{cite journal|author=Obama, Barack|month=August–September|year=1988|title=Why organize? Problems and promise in the inner city|journal=Illinois Issues|volume=14|issue=8–9|pages=40–42|accessdate=June 6, 2008}}
reprinted in: {{cite book|year=1990|pages=35–40|author=Knoepfle, Peg (ed.)|title=After Alinsky: community organizing in Illinois|location=Springfield, Illinois|publisher=Sangamon State University|isbn=0962087335|accessdate=June 6, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Tayler, Letta; Herbert, Keith |date=March 2, 2008|title=Obama forged path as Chicago community organizer|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/obama-forged-path-as-chicago-community-organizer-1.881130|work=Newsday|page=A06|accessdate=June 6, 2008}}
31. [[#cite_ref-30|↑]] Obama (1995, 2004), pp. 299–437.
32. [[#cite_ref-31|↑]] {{cite news|first=Nico|last=Gnecchi|title=Obama Receives Hero's Welcome at His Family's Ancestral Village in Kenya|date=February 27, 2006|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-08/2006-08-27-voa17.cfm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080321161040/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-08/2006-08-27-voa17.cfm|archivedate=2008-03-21|work=Voice of America|accessdate=June 24, 2008}}
33. ↑ [[#cite_ref-Harvard_Law_2007_32-0|33.0]] [[#cite_ref-Harvard_Law_2007_32-1|33.1]] {{cite news|author=Levenson, Michael; Saltzman, Jonathan|date=January 28, 2007|title=At Harvard Law, a unifying voice|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/28/at_harvard_law_a_unifying_voice/?page=full|work=The Boston Globe|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Kantor, Jodi|date=January 28, 2007|title=In law school, Obama found political voice|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/us/politics/28obama.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|page=1|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Kodama, Marie C|date=January 19, 2007|title=Obama left mark on HLS|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516664|work=The Harvard Crimson|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Mundy, Liza|title=A series of fortunate events|date=August 12, 2007|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080802038_pf.html|work=The Washington Post|page=W10|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite journal|author=Heilemann, John|title=When they were young|date=October 22, 2007|url=http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=When+They+Were+Young&expire=&urlID=24417790&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fnews%2Ffeatures%2F39321%2F&partnerID=73272|journal=New York|volume=40|issue=37|pages=32–7, 132–3|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* Mendell (2007), pp. 80–92.
34. ↑ [[#cite_ref-Harvard_Law_1990_33-0|34.0]] [[#cite_ref-Harvard_Law_1990_33-1|34.1]] {{cite news|author=Butterfield, Fox|date=February 6, 1990|title=First black elected to head Harvard's Law Review|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DC1631F935A35751C0A966958260|work=The New York Times|page=A20|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Ybarra, Michael J|date=February 7, 1990|title=Activist in Chicago now heads Harvard Law Review|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28797353.html?dids=28797353:28797353&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|format=paid archive|work=Chicago Tribune|page=3|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Matchan, Linda|date=February 15, 1990|title=A Law Review breakthrough|url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/1990/02/15/a_law_review_breakthrough/|format=paid archive|work=The Boston Globe|page=29|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Corr, John|date=February 27, 1990|title=From mean streets to hallowed halls|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&p_theme=pi&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_trackval=PI&s_search_type=customized&s_dispstring=Author(John%20Corr)%20AND%20date(02/27/1990%20to%2002/27/1990)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=02/27/1990%20to%2002/27/1990)&p_field_advanced-0=Author&p_text_advanced-0=(John%20Corr)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes|format=paid archive|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=C01|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Drummond, Tammerlin|date=March 12, 1990|title=Barack Obama's Law; Harvard Law Review's first black president plans a life of public service|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60017156.html?dids=60017156:60017156&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|format=paid archive|work=Los Angeles Times|page=E1|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Evans, Gaynelle|date=March 15, 1990|title=Opening another door: The saga of Harvard's Barack H. Obama|work=Black Issues in Higher Education|page=5|url=http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11791.shtml|accessdate=November 15, 2008}}
* {{cite news|author=Pugh, Allison J. (Associated Press)|date=April 18, 1990|title=Law Review's first black president aims to help poor|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&p_theme=realcities2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_site=miami&s_trackval=MH&s_dispstring=Title(Law%20Review's%20first%20black%20president%20aims%20to%20help%20poor)%20AND%20date(04/18/1990%20to%2004/18/1990)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=04/18/1990%20to%2004/18/1990)&p_field_advanced-0=title&p_text_advanced-0=(Law%20Review's%20first%20black%20president%20aims%20to%20help%20poor)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes|format=paid archive|work=The Miami Herald|page=C01|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
35. [[#cite_ref-34|↑]] {{cite news|author=Aguilar, Louis|date=July 11, 1990|title=Survey: Law firms slow to add minority partners|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28774085.html?dids=28774085:28774085&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|format=paid archive|work=Chicago Tribune|page=1 (Business)|quote=Barack Obama, a summer associate at Hopkins & Sutter in Chicago|accessdate=June 15, 2008}}
36. [[#cite_ref-Juris_Doctor_0|↑]] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Juris_Doctor
37. ↑ [[#cite_ref-Scott_2008a_36-0|37.0]] [[#cite_ref-Scott_2008a_36-1|37.1]] {{cite news|author=Scott, Janny|date=May 18, 2008|title=The story of Obama, written by Obama|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/politics/18memoirs.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|page=1|accessdate=June 15, 2008}} Obama (1995, 2004), pp. xiii–xvii.
38. [[#cite_ref-Fellow_0|↑]] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Fellow
39. [[#cite_ref-38|↑]] {{cite web|author=University of Chicago Law School|date=March 27, 2008|title=Statement regarding Barack Obama|publisher=University of Chicago Law School|url=http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media/index.html|accessdate=June 10, 2008}}
* {{cite web|author=Miller, Joe|date=March 28, 2008|title=Was Barack Obama really a constitutional law professor?|publisher=FactCheck.org|url=http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/was_barack_obama_really_a_constitutional_law.html|accessdate=June 10, 2008}}
* {{cite web|author=Holan, Angie Drobnic|date=March 7, 2008|title=Obama's 20 years of experience|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/mar/07/obamas-20-years-experience/|publisher=PolitiFact.com|accessdate=June 10, 2008}}
40. [[#cite_ref-Forty_0|↑]] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Forty
41. [[#cite_ref-DavisMiner_0|↑]] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DavisMiner
42. [[#cite_ref-41|↑]] {{cite news |first=David |last=Jackson |coauthors=Ray Long |title=Obama Knows His Way Around a Ballot |date=April 3, 2007 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-070403obama-ballot-archive,0,5693903.story|work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=January 14, 2008}} {{cite book |author=[[Jesse White (politician)|White, Jesse]] |year=2001 |chapter=Legislative Districts of Cook County, 1991 Reapportionment |chapterurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080226221919/http://www.sos.state.il.us/publications/02bluebook/legislative_branch/legdistrictmaps.pdf |title=Illinois Blue Book 2001–2002 |location=Springfield |publisher=[[Illinois Secretary of State]] |page=65}} State Sen. District 13 = State Rep. Districts 25 & 26.
43. [[#cite_ref-42|↑]] {{cite news |first=Peter |last=Slevin |title=Obama Forged Political Mettle in Illinois Capitol |date=February 9, 2007 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020802262.html |work=Washington Post |accessdate=April 20, 2008}} {{cite news |first=Scott |last=Helman |title=In Illinois, Obama dealt with Lobbyists |date=September 23, 2007 |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/23/in_illinois_obama_dealt_with_lobbyists/ |work=Boston Globe |accessdate=April 20, 2008}} See also: {{cite news |title=Obama Record May Be Gold Mine for Critics |date=January 17, 2007 |work=CBS News |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/17/politics/main2369157.shtml |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=April 20, 2008}} {{cite news |title=In-Depth Look at Obama's Political Career |date=February 9, 2007 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=http://video.chicagotribune.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?clipid1=1226539 |work=CLTV |format=video |accessdate=April 20, 2008}}
44. ↑ [[#cite_ref-Scott20070730_43-0|44.0]] [[#cite_ref-Scott20070730_43-1|44.1]] {{cite news |first=Janny |last=Scott |title=In Illinois, Obama Proved Pragmatic and Shrewd |date=July 30, 2007 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=April 20, 2008}} See also: {{cite news |first=Rick |last=Pearson |coauthors=Ray Long |title=Careful Steps, Looking Ahead |date=May 3, 2007 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-0705030101may03,1,7439904.story |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080216014957/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-0705030101may03,1,7439904.story |archivedate=February 16, 2008 |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=April 20, 2008}}
45. [[#cite_ref-44|↑]] {{cite news |author=Allison, Melissa |date=December 15, 2000 |title=State takes on predatory lending; Rules would halt single-premium life insurance financing |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/65214450.html?dids=65214450:65214450&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |type=paid archive |work=Chicago Tribune |page=1 (Business) |accessdate=June 1, 2008}} {{cite news |author=Long, Ray; Allison, Melissa |date=April 18, 2001 |title=Illinois OKs predatory loan curbs; State aims to avert home foreclosures. |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/71459393.html?dids=71459393:71459393&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |type=paid archive |work=Chicago Tribune |page=1 |accessdate=June 1, 2008}}
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