Chicago
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Another Chicago Public Schools student killedApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago Public Schools lost its 32nd student since the start of the school year when a man shot a teenager headed to a dice game. Marquell Blake was a 10th-grader at...
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Boeing wins patent-ingringement claim against NASAApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. may get hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation after winning a patent-infringement claim against NASA over an aluminum alloy used to build the Space...
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IOC panel calls Chicago a 'vibrant' city
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The chairwoman of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission says members were "most impressed" by what Chicago could offer the Olympics. At a news conf...
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Big shoulders make big impressionApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - It's too bad, as one member of Chicago's Olympics bid committee said, that the International Olympic Committee inspection team couldn't have made its visit to Chicago ju...
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Aon cuts pension matches overseasApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Aon Corp., the world's biggest insurance broker, is reducing matching payments to employee pensions at its U.K. unit as the deepening recession increases pressure on Bri...
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CBOT traders plead not guilty to fraud chargesApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Two Chicago Board of Trade floor traders, accused by U.S. prosecutors of illicitly trading five- year treasury notes to gain more than $2 million at customer expense, to...
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Moving primary an easy reform fixApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Just last week, I called on Illinois legislators to move the 2010 gubernatorial primary from the blistering cold of February - which keeps voters and poll workers away -...
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UAL Corp. considering move from Elk Grove TownshipApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - UAL Corp. - the parent company of United Airlines - may be looking to move out of its Elk Grove Township operations center, company officials stated in an e-mailed newsl...
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Panel to Wrigley: Change Eclipse ads
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The advertising industry's self-regulatory body wants Wrigley to change its packaging and advertising for Eclipse gum to remove claims that it has a natural ...
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Boeing vehicle program's demise may aid competitorsApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates's plan to kill an $87 billion portion of a Boeing Co.-led program may benefit armored-transport makers such as General Dynamics Corp....