Chicago
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United's rising profit still misses and revenue falls
Jan 21, 2016 6:00 am - United Airlines' fourth-quarter profit spiked on cheaper jet fuel but still fell short of Wall Street expectations. United is in the middle of a turnaround effort that h...
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Illinois show choir escapes bus fire, wins competition
Jan 21, 2016 6:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Two female show choir groups from a suburban Chicago high school are celebrating their success at a competition in Wisconsin after one of their char...
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Judge OKs court cameras for officer accused in McDonald case
Jan 21, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Cook County judge will let news media use cameras during routine hearings for a Chicago police officer accused of fatally shooting a black teenager 16 t...
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College's faculty council opposes effort to fire professor
Jan 21, 2016 6:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - The faculty council of a suburban Chicago Christian college has recommended the school end its effort to fire a tenured professor who asserted while...
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Chicago school district announces layoffs in central office
Jan 21, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools will lay off some of its central office staff this week as it deals with its precarious financial state, the head of the district s...
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Judge orders mental exams for terrorist suspect Adel Daoud
Jan 21, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has ordered that a 21-year-old suburban Chicago man facing terrorism charges be committed to a U.S. medical center in North Carolina for psycholog...
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Judge tosses civil case against Chicago officer in shooting
Jan 21, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge again criticized the city of Chicago Thursday for how it dealt with a police-shooting video as he tossed a civil case against one of two o...
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Van Gogh exhibition in Chicago to feature bedroom paintings
Jan 21, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO - A Chicago exhibition next month will mark the first time in North America that three versions of a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting will be shown together. ...
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How a Mount Prospect native made his way to the NBAJan 21, 2016 4:55 am - Brandon Bailey has been a member of the Boston Celtics coaching staff for the last five seasons, but it wasn't until a recent trip to the United Center that the Mount Pr...
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Chicago cops and sheriff's police forge tighter partnership
Jan 20, 2016 10:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said he recently met with interim Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante at a coffeehouse to talk shop. What emerged from their discussion is a...