Chicago
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O'Hare airport workers to strike next Tuesday
Nov 21, 2016 12:00 am - Hundreds of O'Hare International Airport workers seeking higher wages and benefits will strike Nov. 29, after Thanksgiving week, sparing holiday travelers the chaos a la...
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Bears linebacker Jerrell Freeman apologizes for violating NFL drug policyNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - Inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman, the Bears' leading tackler, has been suspended without pay for four games after a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs. A wee...
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Bears have started 17 players under age 26Nov 21, 2016 12:00 am - If there's any consolation from the rash of injuries that have crippled the Bears, it's that young players have gotten opportunities sooner than expected. A whopping 17 ...
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Reports: Bears' Cutler undergoing tests for shoulder injuryNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - A couple weeks ago, Chicago Bears coach John Fox observed, "If it wasn't for bad luck, we wouldn't have any at all," in response to an injury epidemic that started early...
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Residential tax cheats cost Cook County millions
Nov 20, 2016 10:00 pm - A suspended Harvey police officer is among at least 8,171 Cook County property owners who wrongly received tax breaks over the past decade on homes they didn't live in -...
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Michigan girl drowns in Chicago-area hotel swimming pool
Nov 20, 2016 6:00 am - ALSIP, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 9-year-old suburban Detroit girl drowned in a hotel swimming pool while attending a cheerleading competition in the Chicago suburbs....
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Tweaked 'Finding Neverland' aims to hook Chicago audiencesNov 20, 2016 6:00 am - Audiences who saw “Finding Neverland” on Broadway might notice a number of changes when the 2015 musical makes its Chicago debut at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. But that...
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Police: Charges expected in death of congressman's grandson
Nov 20, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police said charges could be announced soon in the fatal shooting of an Illinois congressman's grandson following an argument over a pair of baske...
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'Hamilton' disruption leads to arrest in Chicago
Nov 20, 2016 12:00 am - The night after a New York “Hamilton” star lectured the vice present-elect from the stage, irking Donald Trump, the Chicago production had some drama of its own in the s...
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Kukec's People: Glenview entrepreneur seeks to help kids with asthmaNov 20, 2016 12:00 am - A quotation by Mahatma Gandhi inspired his namesake Prasanthi Gandhi of Glenview. "You must be the change you wish to see in this world," he said. That quote was the co...