Chicago
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Chicago 2016's bid plan gets a slight makeover
Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - The competition pool for a Chicago Olympics is going to be a temporary facility, and it's getting a new home. Organizers unveiled several venue changes Friday they think...
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General Growth says still in debt talks
Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Troubled mall owner General Growth Properties, trying to stave off bankruptcy, said it is still trying to negotiate an extension on $900 million in debt th...
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School of the Art Institute's Sullivan Galleries offer the unexpectedDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - If you're in the mood for an art museum but don't want to shell out the money for the Art Institute or the Museum of Contemporary Art, look no further than Sullivan Gall...
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Jailed white supremacist faces charges in VirginiaDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - ROANOKE, Va. -- A white supremacist leader charged with threatening a juror in Chicago was indicted Thursday in Virginia on charges of making threats against a syndicate...
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500 Clown comes to the 'burbsDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - The innovative physical theater ensemble 500 Clown brings to Naperville its wonderfully subversive, anti-Rockwellian "500 Clown Christmas," a wholly entertaining show th...
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Wheeling tourney pairings setDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Pairings for the 31st annual Wheeling Hardwood Classic boys basketball tournament were released Thursday afternoon. Three-time defending tournament champion Loyola begin...
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Boeing's 787 as slow in coming as 707Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Boeing Co.'s latest delay means the 787 Dreamliner will take almost as long to develop as the planemaker's original model that ushered the U.S. into the Jet Age more tha...
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Feds subpoena Tribune in Blagojevich investigation
Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed documents from the Chicago Tribune's parent company in the investigation of an alleged attempt by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to get certain...
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Former building inspector pleads guilty to briberyDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Officials say a former Chicago city building inspector has pleaded guilty to bribery, becoming the ninth defendant convicted in a joint city-federal investigation of cor...
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Rush wants 'transparent' process in Obama appointment
Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush is calling for a "transparent appointment process" for President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat that doesn't involve Gov. Rod Blagojevich....