Obama to headline major fund-raiser in Chicago on Thursday.

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CHICAGO–Frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) close to clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, is launching a new round of fund-raiser events. He headlines a big dollar event Thursday in Chicago–still aimed at collecting money for the primary–not the general–election.

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