Chicago
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Judge OKs $13 mil in Tribune employee bonuses
May 11, 2009 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- The Tribune Co. can pay more than $13 million in bonuses to almost 700 employees for their work last year, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday. ...
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Chicago couple's 'buy black' experiment becomes a movement
May 11, 2009 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- It's been two months since 2-year-old Cori pulled the gold stud from her left earlobe, and the piercing is threatening to close as her mother, Maggie Anderson...
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Chicago's USG to cut more jobsMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - USG Corp., North America's largest maker of gypsum wallboard, plans further cuts to its salaried workforce as the company reduces costs to adjust for falling demand amid...
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Notebaert Nature Museum ball raises $1.3 millionMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum raised more than $1.3 million at its 11th annual Butterfly Ball, May 1 at the nature museum. Funds ...
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Bad loans hurting Chicago's CorusMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Corus Bankshares Inc., Frontier Financial Corp. and W Holding Co. are among small banks in the U.S. where bad loans have grown larger than reserves, raising the possibil...
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Chicago man charged with murder in crash
May 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Authorities have filed first-degree murder charges against a Chicago man arrested in a crash that killed two women and seriously injured two others. Police say the charg...
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Boeing's new growth business: rent-a-droneMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Boeing Co., the second-largest U.S. defense contractor, is leasing drones to government agencies and militaries seeking to bypass years-long purchasing processes, a mark...
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Chicago church angered by choice of new preacher
May 10, 2009 11:00 pm - One of Chicago's largest congregations isn't exactly rolling out the red carpet for its new senior minister. Upon hearing that the Rev. Carlton Pearson has been named le...
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Fergie Jenkins and Billy Pierce on two memorable baseball summersMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - It's been 50 years since the 1959 White Sox wove their magic and made it to the World Series before eventually falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers. It's been 40 years sin...
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Sun-Times judge approves adviser fees
May 10, 2009 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved fee changes for a firm serving as financial adviser and investment banker to the Sun-Times Media Group. One ...