Chicago
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Chicago school to pay balance on $4.3M to whistleblower
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago State University appears set to give the remainder of a $4.3 million payment to a former administrator who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against s...
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Teachers reach contract deal at Chicago charter schools
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Teachers at a network of charter schools in Chicago have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a possible strike. A union representing the teac...
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Teen blogger seeking US asylum fears return to Singapore
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A teenage blogger awaiting a Chicago immigration judge's ruling on his asylum request to stay in the United States said Friday that he's afraid of returni...
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North: Miami heating up as Bulls struggleMar 10, 2017 4:00 am - The Chicago Bulls (31-33) are like a circus right now. They might make the playoffs, and then again might not. But they are in limbo because one of the hottest teams in...
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New QB Glennon: Bears have a lot of great building blocksMar 10, 2017 12:00 am - Most of those who watched the 2016 Bears saw an injury-ravaged group of players who usually found a way to lose and were exactly what their record said they were: 3-13. ...
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Cornerback Prince Amukamara to sign with Chicago BearsMar 10, 2017 12:00 am - The Bears were unable to corral any of the top three cornerbacks in free agency, but they reportedly have landed one of the better ones from the second tier in Prince Am...
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Another top Forrest Claypool aide is out over CPS' residency rule
Mar 09, 2017 10:00 pm - Another top aide to Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool is out over failing to move to the city, as required under CPS' residency rule. Even before Matt Walter l...
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After Trump's election, Emanuel picked up pace of travel
Mar 09, 2017 10:00 pm - As other members of his party were reeling from Donald Trump's Election Day victory, Mayor Rahm Emanuel got moving. In a return to his long-cultivated role as a national...
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Chicago wants to demolish house where 9 kids left unattended
Mar 09, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials want to demolish a dilapidated home owned by the family of a former alderman on the city's South Side where nine children were found lef...
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Chicago gets worst pension rating among 15 largest cities
Mar 09, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Wall Street rating agency says Chicago isn't alone in grappling with underfunded city employee pensions, but that it's in the worst shape among the nati...