Chicago
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The bus now accepts tokens, fare cards ... and cell phones?
May 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Imagine taking a trip on a Chicago bus, subway or train without having to buy or punch a physical ticket. The Regional Transportation Authority says it's looking into ho...
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Does old photo link Al Capone to Chicago mayor?
May 25, 2009 11:00 pm - WEDRON -- A Chicago professor thinks he has finally gotten the goods on Chicago Mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson and Al "Scarface" Capone. His key piece of evidenc...
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Harris Bank parent cuts jobs as profit falls on loansMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Bank of Montreal, the first Canadian bank to report second-quarter results, cut about 1,100 jobs after reporting its biggest profit decline in seven years. The stock soa...
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Vaccine refusal boosts kids' whooping cough risks
May 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Children who don't get shots to prevent whooping cough are 23 times more likely to get the disease than vaccinated kids, a Colorado study suggests. The results are espec...
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Chicago resident dies of swine flu
May 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago resident became the first person in Illinois to die of swine flu, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Monday. It was the nation's 12th confirmed ...
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New signs urge tollway drivers to pay up
May 25, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is testing a new advertising campaign in an effort to get more people to pay skipped tolls before fines kick in....
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Analyst: Exelon will need to increase its bid for NRGMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp., the largest U.S. operator of nuclear power plants, will need to raise its $6 billion bid for NRG Energy Inc. as proposed legislation to reduce greenhouse-g...
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Coroner: Girl was stabbed repeatedly in neck
May 25, 2009 11:00 pm - JOLIET -- The Will County coroner says a 4-year-old suburban Chicago girl died after being stabbed repeatedly in the neck. Sabrina Clement was found dead in the basement...
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Merv Griffin gig, bad cold, kept writer off doomed jetMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - While watching a rehearsal on Chicago's Forum Theatre stage where his hit novel, "Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" was less than a week from opening, John Pow...
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Ex-Daily Herald reporter can't ignore, or forget, human toll of Flight 191May 24, 2009 11:00 pm - A young journalism graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Paul Marcotte barely began his 3 p.m. to midnight shift as a cop reporter for the Daily Herald when his Mot...