Chicago
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White supremacist wants to move trial from Chicago
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Attorneys for an avowed white supremacist from Virginia charged with threatening a juror said Wednesday they will ask to have the trial moved out of Chicago to avoid pot...
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Group: Deaths show Tinley Park center should close
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Advocates for disabled citizens worry that politics and union influence will derail plans to close a troubled suburban Chicago center for people with deve...
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Charges filed in Cook County inmate's death
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say a man has been charged in the beating death of his cellmate at the Cook County Jail. David Jamison was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday in the de...
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Man charged with sending threats to Daley, others
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - A 28-year-old suburban Chicago man has been charged with sending more than 25 threatening letters to Illinois public officials, including former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and...
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Commuters spooked by firecracker in CTA tunnel
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say someone set off a firecracker in a tunnel that connects two Chicago Transit Authority underground train lines, sending spooked commuters scrambling for t...
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Ex-priest gets 25 years for sex abuse
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - A former Roman Catholic priest convicted of taking a boy on religious retreats to have sex with him has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Donald McGuire of Oak Lawn ...
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Oak Brook man, WexTrust founder charged in $9.2 mil Ponzi schemeFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Steven Byers, the co-founder of real-estate investment firm WexTrust Capital LLC, was jailed yesterday on charges that he conspired to cheat investors out of $9.2 millio...
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Woman believed to be oldest Chicagoan dies
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - A woman believed to be the oldest person living in Chicago is dead. Virginia Call, whose family claimed she was 115 but records indicated she was 111, died Tuesday at Pr...
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Sun-Times, parent company will be under new management
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - The Chicago Sun-Times and its struggling parent company will undergo a series of leadership shake-ups come the end of the month. The Sun-Times announced Wednesday that E...
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Green, concept cars highlight of Chicago Auto ShowFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - The Chicago Auto Show may be the perfect vehicle to drive people out of their homes and into car showrooms, despite winter temperatures and even more chilling economic n...