Chicago
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City outlines plan to slash greenhouse gases
Sep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Richard M. Daley announced a plan Thursday to dramatically slash emissions of heat-trapping gases -- to three-fourths of 1990 levels by 2020 and to one-fifth of 19...
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Cops say they are rebelling against chief
Sep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Serious crime is up but arrests are down in Chicago, and some police officers say they are working the streets less aggressively out of resentment toward their new chief...
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Student, Chicago fight for Olympic Web site
Sep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A 29-year-old MBA student is countersuing the Chicago Olympic committee for rights to Chicago2016.com. Northwestern University student Stephen Frayne Jr. bought the Chic...
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Family at a loss over officer's actions
Sep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - According to his brother, Dannie Marchan was a good father, a loving brother, and a man who lived to be a Chicago policeman. But Dannie Marchan took his own life Monday ...
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Students earn $157 million in college scholarships
Sep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Public Schools' graduating class last spring collected nearly $157 million in college scholarships. Officials said Wednesday that is nearly twice the $82 million...
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1st black female alderman dies
Sep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Anna R. Langford, 90, the first black woman to serve on the Chicago City Council, died Wednesday at her home after a brief battle with lung cancer, according to her son,...
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Briefs: Des Plaines schools openSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - District 62 schools will be in session today, Sept. 17. Parents should contact their school office if their children will not attend school due to flooding. These absenc...
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FAA head says Chicago could need new airport
Sep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says Chicago will either need to build a new airport or vastly expand one of its existing airports to keep pace with dema...
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Teen killed by police
Sep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police fatally shot a 17-year-old man after investigators responded to reports of a shooting on the city's South Side. According to the Cook County medical exami...
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Bond revoked for 'Groucho Bandit'
Sep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal judge in Chicago has revoked the bond of a man dubbed the "Groucho Bandit" and ordered him held in jail. Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Staadt is accused of rob...