Chicago
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General Growth settles L.A. lawsuit for $48 millionJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - General Growth Corp., the second- largest U.S. shopping mall owner, said it will pay $48 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by a developer that had accused it of inter...
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Alderman's father gets 4 years for false documents
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A Chicago alderman's father has been sentenced to four years in prison for taking thousands of photos used in making false Social Security cards and drivers licenses. El...
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Workers who staged sit-in take further action
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A union representing Chicago workers whose recent factory sit-in drew national attention are taking new action against the now-bankrupt company. United Electrical Worker...
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Exonerated inmate gets $6.5 million in settlement
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - An exonerated death-row inmate who claims Chicago police tortured him can collect $6.5 million more from a lawsuit settlement because he wasn't indicted in a new investi...
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Charges filed in shooting of police officer
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Bail has been denied a 20-year-old Indiana man accused of shooting to death a Metra police officer a little over two years ago. Jeremy Lloyd was being held in Cook Count...
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Leo Burnett settles Army billing case for $15.5 millionJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Leo Burnett Co., the Chicago-based advertising firm, agreed to a $15.5 million settlement of claims it overbilled the U.S. Army for work on the "Army of One" recruiting ...
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Ex-Boeing worked sentenced in Chinook vandalismJan 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Boeing Co. employee Matthew Montgomery was sentenced to five months in prison for vandalizing a Chinook military helicopter on the assembly line of a plant near P...
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United sues FAA over crew rest rules
Jan 04, 2009 10:00 pm - DALLAS -- Several of the largest U.S. airlines have joined in a lawsuit to block stronger federal rules on crew rest during the longest international flights. The airlin...
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CME volume falls 22 percent in DecemberJan 04, 2009 10:00 pm - CME Group Inc., the world's largest futures market, said daily volume dropped 22 percent in December as interest-rate trading fell, marking the second straight monthly d...
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Babies removed from rat-infested home
Jan 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Rats and roaches scurried across the floor, empty bottles of alcohol lay strewn about, waste backed up in a toilet, and it was cold. Chicago police alleged Sunday that t...