Chicago
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CNA-parent Loews posts $647 mil lossMay 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Loews Corp., the holding company run by New York's Tisch family, posted its third straight quarterly loss on the declining value of investments at its insurance unit and...
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Sick Chicago students have to stay home 7 days
May 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago Public Schools officials say students who come to school with a cough and fever starting Monday will be sent home and required to stay there for at least seven d...
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2 shot, 1 killed on NW Side
May 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago police say a 21-year-old man has been shot to death and a companion was wounded in what appears to have been a gang-related attack in the Albany Park neighborhoo...
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Buffett: U.S. newspapers will keep losing moneyMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said most U.S. newspapers will keep losing money and hold little potential for a turnaro...
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Hunger strike set for American imprisoned in Iran
May 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Professors, students and alumni of the alma mater of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran are helping orchestrate a hunger strike in hopes of pressuring her release...
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ComEd announces lower electric rates
May 01, 2009 11:00 pm - ComEd has announced it will lower electric rates in June to reflect a dramatic drop in the cost of electricity. ComEd executive vice president Anne Pramaggiore said Frid...
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1 killed, another wounded in shooting
May 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago police say one man was killed and another was shot in the face in two separate gun attacks in the Chicago lawn neighborhood on the city's southwest side. Officer...
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Court says FAA can't be held liable in crash that killed Collins
May 01, 2009 11:00 pm - An appeals court says the Federal Aviation Administration can't be held financially responsible for the collision of two small planes that killed a popular Chicago radio...
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Sears Tower to add glass balconies
May 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The Sears Tower plans to add four enclosed glass-bottomed balconies to the building's 103rd floor Skydeck this June. The Sears Tower made the announcement Friday saying...
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First lady's cousin named Chicago schools security chief
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - First lady Michelle Obama's cousin has been named director of security for Chicago Public Schools. CPS chief executive Ron Huberman says Michael Shields brings critical ...