Chicago
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Nealon bringing 'Funniest Commercials' to ChicagoJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Kevin Nealon brings his TBS "World's Funniest Commercials" franchise to Chicago -- where so many TV ads were made -- at 8 p.m. Friday June 26, in a production taped earl...
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Chicago cop charged with domestic battery
Jun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Bond has been set at $750,000 for a Chicago police officer accused of breaking into his estranged wife's home and hitting her with a gun. The Cook County stat...
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Cop in bar fight video gets 2 years probation
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - An off-duty Chicago police officer convicted of pummeling a female bartender half his size has been sentenced to two years probation and anger management classes. Cook C...
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Chicago 2016 head says taxpayer risk 'improbable'
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The head of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics has rushed to assure city taxpayers and city council members that it's unlikely they'll be on the hook for millions in ca...
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Jury awards $21 mil in wrongful conviction suit
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal jury has awarded more than $21 million to a Chicago man who says he spent nearly 12 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted. The jury ruled in favor o...
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Chicago firm recalls ground beefJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - International Meat Co. of Chicago is recalling 6,152 pounds (2.8 metric tons) of ground-beef products that may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Dep...
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Regen Tour featuring Berlin, Wang Chung coming to RosemontJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It's time for '80s nostalgia at the Rosemont Theatre this weekend, when the Regeneration Tour checks in with ABC, Berlin, Wang Chung, Heaven 17 and Cutting Crew. Everybo...
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Blagojevich fundraiser Kelly gets 37 months in tax fraud caseJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Christopher G. Kelly, a fundraiser for indicted ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for trying to deceive the U.S. Internal Revenu...
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Exelon defeats NRG bid to block takeoverJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - NRG Energy Inc., owner of power plants in Texas, California and the U.S. Northeast, lost a legal bid to temporarily block Exelon Corp.'s $6.2 billion exchange offer. NRG...
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Consideration of Sun-Times bonus plan on hold
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- The Sun-Times Media Group asked a bankruptcy judge Wednesday to delay consideration of proposed bonuses of up to $1.8 million for certain employees i...