Chicago
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Tribune Co. may pick Cubs buyer by week's endJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Tribune Co. asked the three finalists bidding for the Chicago Cubs to refine their proposals and may pick a winner as soon as this week, according to two people familiar...
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Report: CPS spent $67,000 on cappuccino machines
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - An inspector's report shows Chicago Public Schools employees bent district rules to spend $67,000 for espresso machines that largely haven't been used. The nation's thir...
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Chicago mayor going to feds for funds
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he will make an end-run around state government when it comes to seeking the city's share of the economic stimulus plan being crafted by...
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Judge sets sentencings in Family Secrets mob case
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - A federal judge has set sentencing dates for five men convicted in September 2007 at Chicago's Operation Family Secrets mob trial. They were convicted of a decades-long ...
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Boeing expected to post fewer deliveries for 2008
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago-based Boeing's deliveries of passenger jets nose took a dive last fall as a strike froze the company's commercial aircraft factories. And that disruption is expe...
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Economic woes hurt Field Museum
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - The sharp drop of the stock market last year resulted in a 30 percent decrease in the size of the Field Museum's endowment. Museum president John McCarter said Tuesday b...
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3 children killed in apartment fire
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Investigators in Chicago are trying to figure out what caused a fire that left three young children dead. Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez says firefigh...
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Former lawmaker Lechowicz dies at 70
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Illinois state lawmaker Thaddeus S. "Ted" Lechowicz has died at his home in suburban Chicago at age 70. His daughter, Laura Lechowicz Felicione, told the Chicago...
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Appeals court OKs Chicago traffic cameras
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A ruling by a federal appeals court will allow the city of Chicago to expand the use mounted cameras to photograph cars that run red lights. The 7th Circuit U.S. Court o...
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Suburban real estate CEO found deadJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - The chairman and chief executive officer of a Chicago-based real estate firm was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday in Kane County, police sai...