Chicago
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Metra to get $46.6 million in stimulus money for repairs
Jun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Chicago-are commuter rail agency Metra is set to receive $46.6 million in federal economic stimulus money for improvements on three of its lines. Separ...
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4 shot on Chicago's South Side
Jun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago police say four people -- a woman, two men and a 17-year-old boy -- were shot during a fight on a South Side street. Officers say the four got into a quarrel wit...
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Priest leads tough city school - with students' helpJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Wearing his white shirt and tie, Christopher Devron looks very much like the lawyer he seemed destined to be after graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1989. ...
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WBBM-AM news radio temporarily loses powerJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - News radio station WBBM-AM (780) was temporarily knocked off the air early Friday afternoon by a power loss at its Itasca transmitter. Director of News and Programming R...
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Exelon slows Byron 2 reactor to 90% capacityJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp., the largest U.S. nuclear power producer, slowed the Byron 2 reactor in Illinois to 90 percent of capacity from 100 percent yesterday, according to a repor...
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Boeing, Airbus battle 'raging skepticism' over outputJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. spent much of this week's Paris Air Show urging suppliers to keep their assembly lines ready to respond quickly when the recession ends and ord...
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Guardsman implicated in bribery scamJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Charges filed Thursday implicate another Illinois National Guard member in a bribery scam relating to military contracts in Afghanistan. Charles Patton, identified only ...
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Airbus extends air show order lead over Boeing
Jun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - LE BOURGET, France -- Airbus remained ahead of archrival Boeing Co. in the hunt for orders at the Paris Air Show on Thursday, when a Hungarian airline said it was intere...
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Alderman wants Daley to explain money guarantee
Jun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago Alderman Joe Moore wants Mayor Richard Daley to explain to taxpayers why he agreed that the city will take full financial responsibility if it's awarded the 2016...
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Exelon begins proxy fight for NRGJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp., the largest U.S. utility owner by market value, Wednesday began its proxy fight and extended an exchange offer to win investor support for a proposed $6.2 ...