Chicago
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Chicago's budget director quits
Dec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago's budget director has resigned in the midst of the city's worst financial crisis in recent history. Bennett Johnson III on Thursday called the job tough and dema...
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Virgin America delays start of O'Hare flightsDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Virgin America Ltd., the U.S. airline partly owned by billionaire Richard Branson, indefinitely delayed the start of flights at Chicago's O'Hare airport after failing to...
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USG amends shareholder plan to protect tax benefitsDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - USG Corp., North America's largest maker of gypsum wallboard, amended its shareholder rights plan to protect tax benefits. The amendment lowers the beneficial ownership ...
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Aon ordered to pay $24 million for misrepresenting risksDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - A unit of Aon Corp., the world's largest insurance broker, was ordered to pay $24 million to United National Insurance Company for misrepresenting reinsurance risks. Aon...
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Obama thanks Illinois fundraisers
Dec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama thanked his Illinois finance committee on Thursday night for helping him win the election, telling them it was not the end of their work but...
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Jennifer Hudson says she's honored by Grammy nods
Dec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Jennifer Hudson says she's honored to be a Grammy nominee. The Oscar-winning actress and singer, who has been in seclusion since the killings of her mother, ...
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Unilever falls after Citi sales, share declineDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Unilever, the world's second-largest consumer-products company, fell in Amsterdam trading after Citigroup Inc. said its sales and market share dropped because of competi...
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State workers in trouble for looking up Obama info
Dec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO - Officials say nine Illinois Secretary of State employees face suspension because they looked up President-elect Barack Obama's street address in state records....
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Police union to pay legal bills of Jon Burge
Dec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The union representing Chicago's police officers will help pay the legal bills of a former detective commander who faces federal charges of lying about torturing prisone...
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Outside Art center focusing on Lee GodieDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago is well known for its odd characters that you may stumble across as you wander the streets, but Lee Godie was a character that stood above the rest. Godie, a sel...