Chicago
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Man convicted in 1995 double murder freed, facing retrial
Sep 26, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man whose conviction for 1995 double murder was thrown out on appeal in July has finally walked out of prison. However, Charles Johnson, who was...
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US attorney says probe of Chicago police is largest ever
Sep 26, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. attorney in Chicago says the federal civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department sparked by the Laquan McDonald scandal is the la...
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Victim of college campus shooting was to start nursing job
Sep 26, 2016 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man shot dead as he was walking by a fight on the University of Illinois campus over the weekend was to start a career as a reg...
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Moody's pushes CPS credit rating deeper into junk status
Sep 26, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Moody's Investors Service pushed the debt of the Chicago Public Schools further into junk territory on the same day the district's teachers threatened to ...
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North: A tribute to the king of golf, Arnold PalmerSep 26, 2016 5:19 am - Arnold Palmer was born on Sept. 10, 1929, and I saw him on TV when I was about 6 years old and it changed my young life. I usually scribble my Daily Herald columns very...
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Body in burned car ID'd as Barrington Hills manSep 26, 2016 1:00 am - A 43-year-old Barrington Hills man was identified Monday as the person found dead in a burning car Friday night in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. James D. Gerage was pro...
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Starting job not guaranteed when Cutler returnsSep 26, 2016 1:00 am - Coach John Fox said it's not a given that quarterback Jay Cutler automatically gets the starting job back when he returns from the sprained thumb that sidelined him for ...
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Motorola Solutions acquires Utah companySep 26, 2016 1:00 am - Motorola Solutions has acquired Salt Lake City, Utah-based Spillman Technologies, a privately held provider of law enforcement and public safety software. Chicago-...
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Mullen aims to retire, but volunteer work still on tapSep 26, 2016 1:00 am - Ray Mullen, GLMV Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, has decided to retire in late November. "The most rewarding part of my job has been to meet with our member...
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Chicago Teachers Union authorizes strike - again
Sep 25, 2016 11:00 pm - The Chicago Teachers Union said Monday that 95 percent of members who participated in a poll last week have agreed to authorize a strike this fall. Some 90.6 percent of ...