Chicago
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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...
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Spectators arrested in Chicago courtroom melee
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Two spectators have been arrested in a Chicago court after getting into a melee with federal marshals. Forty-four-year-old Kimberly Reeves and 43-year-old Jerry Bonds we...
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Northern Trust posts loss on money funds, bailoutsOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Northern Trust Corp. reported a third-quarter loss after the Chicago-based custody bank and asset manager spent $353.2 million to prop up 11 money funds and bail out cl...
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Daley holding firm on budget cuts
Oct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he isn't going to back down on the cuts in his tough-times 2009 budget. Last week, Daley announced a pared down budget designed to cover...