Chicago
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Protests planned during I0C visit
Mar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Opponents of the city of Chicago's efforts to land the 2016 Olympic Games say they will hold a rally on the day international Olympics officials visit the city to assess...
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Rank-and-file trash Chicago police superintendent
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Computer crash briefly sends Cook jail back to the paper ageMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - An 18-hour crash Monday of a 30-year-old computer system at Cook County Jail delayed court hearings and interfered with the release of some prisoners, a jail watchdog sa...
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Railway agrees to quiet zones in suburban Chicago
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General Growth gets reprieve on $2.58 billion in debtMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc., the U.S. shopping mall owner trying to stave off bankruptcy, said lenders agreed to delay until Dec. 31 efforts to seek remedies to a def...
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Man compensated for wrongful imprisonmentMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago will pay $2.7 million to a man who spent 27 years in prison for the rape of a 9-year-old girl, only to be cleared by DNA evidence. Michael Evans was ...
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Dome sweet dome: Museum honoring design scientist FullerMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The work of Buckminster Fuller, visionary as it was, doesn't just belong in a museum, and Ron Gaskins has the proof in his Arlington Heights back yard. Gaskins has a gar...
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Divers learn more about 1909 crib fire
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Chicago man accused of stabbing Wis. girlfriend
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Cub fans start new century by cremating their cursesMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Dedicated Chicago Cubs fans will try to throw off a century of bad karma by holding the funeral at the beginning of the season this year. Perhaps reinforcing the belief ...