Chicago
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Chicago teachers, district reach tentative deal; no strike
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago teachers and the nation's third-largest school district struck a tentative deal on a new contract late Monday, averting what would have been the s...
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A look at TIF money that helped seal Chicago teacher deal
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - Part of the tentative deal between the nation's third-largest school district and the Chicago Teachers Union involves using $88 million from the millions of dollars the ...
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Teachers union, Chicago school district reach contract deal
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago teachers and officials in the nation's third-largest school district reached a tentative agreement late Monday to avert a strike that would have a...
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Officials, parents worry Chicago schools deal won't stick
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Teachers in the nation's third-largest school district pulled back from a threatened strike after a tentative last-minute contract agreement that Chicago ...
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Illinois woman killed stepping out of SUV on Indiana highway
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - RENSSELAER, Ind. (AP) - Police say a suburban Chicago woman died after she was struck by a semi when she pulled over on an Indiana interstate and stepped outside her SUV...
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Chicago mayor lauds city financial improvements in speech
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel used his annual budget speech to laud the cash-strapped city for being "back on solid ground." Emanuel told members of the Chic...
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Lawyers for discredited cop's wife argue charges too vague
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - An attorney says he will argue the charges filed against the widow of a discredited suburban Chicago police officer are so vague they are unconstit...
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Fire lieutenant becomes Chicago's 7th bicycle fatality
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago Fire Department lieutenant has become the seventh person in the city to die after a bicycle accident. A fire department spokesman says 56-year-o...
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The Latest: Union confident Chicago teachers will OK deal
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on Chicago Public Schools and the teachers' union averting a strike (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sh...
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Maddon refuses to second-guess bullpen movesOct 11, 2016 1:01 am - SAN FRANCISCO - During the regular season, Cubs manager Joe Maddon will say from time to time that it's difficult to win a major-league baseball game. It's even harder ...