Chicago
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Daley gives mocking apology
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - In a voice dripping with sarcasm, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley apologized for the alleged torture of suspects by a former police lieutenant. Sixty-year-old Jon Burge was ...
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Navy inspecting Boeing jets after 'cracks' found
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Navy says it will inspect fighter jets from Chicago-based Boeing after discovering "fatigue cracks" on more than a dozen aircraft deployed overseas. Th...
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Cook County has more than 100,000 early votes
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Cook County election officials say nearly 101,000 people have cast ballots early for the upcoming election. Clerk David Orr said Thursday that turnout in the county that...
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Weis outlines plans for combating gangs, drugs
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The head of the Chicago Police Department says he has a plan to make the department more nimble and aggressive in combating gangs, drugs and weapons. Police Superintende...
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Prosecutor: Peterson, Savio probes 'productive'
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - JOLIET _ The Will County prosecutor says he expects a resolution in the "near future" in "at least one" of the investigations into the disappearance of Stacy Peterson an...
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American families facing hard timesOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - As more and more single parents and elderly struggling to make ends meet fall victim to the national credit crisis, many families also having to deal with the issue of s...
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Gunfire suspends Harvey mail for 2 weeks
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Mail delivery has been suspended for two weeks to more than 50 houses in the Chicago suburb of Harvey because of a mix up after reports that a U.S. postal carrier was ca...
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Va. judge orders no bond for white supremacist
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - ROANOKE, Va. _ A Virginia judge has ordered a white supremacist held without bond as he awaits trial in Chicago for allegedly threatening a federal juror. Magistrate Ju...
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Chicago paying to maintain Millennium Park
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - When Chicago's Millennium Park opened, city officials said a conservancy funded with private donations would be established to maintain the park. Four years after the pa...
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Sweden has solution for economic crisisOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The Swedes faced a similar crisis in the early '90s and managed it by nationalizing the insolvent banks and gaining public equity in them. This had the advantage of wipi...