Chicago
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City briefings: Chicago awaits results of teacher strike vote
Dec 11, 2015 10:00 pm - Thousands of Chicago public school teachers voted last week whether to go on strike. The results have yet to be revealed. If at least 75 percent of Chicago Teachers Unio...
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Bears TE Miller stepping up in Bennett's absenceDec 11, 2015 8:45 am - Tight end Zach Miller has already started more games this year than in his previous five NFL seasons, but his workload will increase even more with Martellus Bennett on ...
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Chicago teacher say union strike vote totals ready next week
Dec 11, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Teachers Union says official vote totals for a strike authorization will likely be available early next week. A three-day voting period for ro...
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Family of teen shot by Chicago cop joins calls for change
Dec 11, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The family of a black teenager shot 16 times by a white Chicago police officer joined the call Friday for change in local leadership and policing in the c...
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Judge rejects Chicago cop suit seeking OT for off-duty email
Dec 11, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge ruled against a group of Chicago police officers who argued that unwritten department policies kept them from being paid millions of dolla...
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Metra rolls out free Wi-Fi at downtown Chicago stations
Dec 11, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Commuters can now tap into free wireless Internet service at all five of Metra's downtown Chicago rail stations. The rail service announced Thursday that ...
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Broadway-aimed 'Gotta Dance' mixes hip-hop with show biz veteransDec 11, 2015 5:00 am - Like so many new musicals nowadays, “Gotta Dance” can trace its roots to a movie. But instead of a fictional blockbuster, the musical takes its inspiration from an accla...
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North: Bulls; style of play will need to prove itselfDec 11, 2015 4:18 am - The Bulls have had a great thing going for many years, but this year's team appears pedestrian at best with an offense that continues to sputter. And star guard Derr...
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$1 million bond for man charged with 2014 Little Village murder
Dec 10, 2015 10:00 pm - A South Side man was ordered held on a $1 million bond after he and a 17-year-old boy were charged with fatally shooting a man last November in the Little Village neighb...
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Field Museum reports $900,000 theft
Dec 10, 2015 10:00 pm - The Field Museum has put new security measures in place after an employee in the membership department swindled the museum out of more than $900,000 in cash over seven y...