Chicago
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Chicago purchasers index inches up from record lowFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - U.S. business activity contracted in February for a fifth consecutive month, a sign manufacturing is weakening as the recession extends into a second year. The Institute...
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Chicago mayor not revealing project list
Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he is holding back his list of projects that could be funded by federal stimulus money because he's afraid of raising political expectat...
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Man gets probation for killing wife
Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - An 86-year-old man has received a probation sentence in connection with the shooting death of his 89-year-old wife. Charles Smith says his wife, Betty, suffered from Alz...
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Chicago newspaper convention canceled amid industry woes
Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - RESTON, Va. -- An annual convention of newspaper editors has been canceled so their publications can save money and focus on surviving the recession. The American Societ...
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Aviation, CTA get new chiefsFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley played musical chairs Thursday in filling two transportation key positions. He picked city Commissioner of Aviation Richard Rodriguez as t...
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Charges filed in triple homicide in Chicago
Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder in the assault rifle-slayings last week of three Chicago teenagers. Martin Ybarra of Chicago was charged Thursday with thr...
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'Fast Eddie' escapes again: Vrdolyak gets five years' probation, fineFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - According to U.S. District Court Judge Milton I. Shadur, Former Chicago Alderman and judicial kingmaker Eddie Vrdolyak is not an insider. And when Vrdolyak agreed to act...
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FDA warned Carpentersville syringe producer of serious problems
Feb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Federal regulators warned a syringe manufacturer of "several significant violations" in its quality control system two years before its needles triggere...
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Ex-banker pleads guilty in hospital fraud
Feb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - A politically connected former investment banker pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening to deny state permission for a suburban hospital expansion if the hospital's chi...
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Slam brakes on Chicago's rent-a-taxFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - In these days of craterlike budget holes, who can blame any town for seeking creative ways to plug the gap? Typically, we encourage such creativity and think it's vital ...