Chicago
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Lawsuits claim hate crimes by Chicago police
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - While the world watched a Grant Park celebration heralding the election of the first black U.S. president, some white Chicago police officers committed hate crimes again...
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Church commission says minister had sex with minor
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - A Presbyterian minister accused of having sex with a woman when she was a teenager, even tattooing her initials on his buttocks, kept working as a pastor and college adm...
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Settlement reached in lawsuit over housing
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - David Cicarelli owns a cat named Lion King. But the developmentally disabled man must keep his pet at his parents' home because the institution where he lives doesn't al...
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Meet local 'Super-Manny'Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago has a new media star, and it ain't in the tradition of Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka and William "Refrigerator" Perry. It's Elmwood Park's Mike Ruggles, and he's "Supe...
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Boeing engineers seek strike authorization vote
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Contract talks covering about 21,000 Boeing Co. white-collar workers appeared to stall Thursday, and their union council called for members to vote on whether...
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Bad parts delay Boeing 737 shipmentsNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Boeing Co., the world's second- largest commercial planemaker, will delay deliveries of 737 model aircraft because of faulty parts and repair existing jets, hampering a ...
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International gymnastics competition coming to Sears CentreNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - From Bela Karolyi's view, the road to London and the 2012 Olympics now goes through Chicago - and Hoffman Estates. Karolyi, often described as the face of USA Gymnastics...
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$11 million settlements in Metra derailment deathsNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Lawsuits stemming from the deaths of two women traveling on a Metra train that derailed in fall 2005 were settled for $11 million today, the Associated Press has reporte...
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Boeing engineers union has strike contingency plan
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- With contract talks covering about 21,000 Boeing Co. white-collar workers behind schedule, their union is beefing up contingency plans for what would be the s...
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Sears restores layaway program amid retail gloom
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp. is bringing layaway back to its namesake stores next week, nearly two decades after it was scrapped, after seeing a strong response to the pay-as-yo...