Chicago
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No new trial for reputed Chicago mobster
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A reputed Chicago mobster's threat in front of the jury that one of the prosecutors was a "dead man" did not disrupt the court enough to warrant granting a new trial, a ...
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Chicago schools paying for good grades
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Some might call it bribery. But Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan says the time has come to pay students for getting good grades. Under a program debuting this year...
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Daley blames governor for transit woes
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Richard Daley says if the Chicago Transit Authority is forced to raise fares next year, riders will have Gov. Rod Blagojevich to blame. Daley is pointing at the fr...
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Chicago cop accused in plot to frame woman
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A Chicago police officer and another man have been charged with taking part in a scheme to arrest the man's estranged wife after planting drugs and a gun in her car. Sla...
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Charges dropped in double slaying
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a man arrested in last month's killing of an off-duty Chicago police officer and a woman, who were gunned down as they sat i...
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Chicago cop accused in plot to frame woman
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A Chicago police officer and another man have been charged with taking part in a scheme to plant drugs and a gun in the car of the man's estranged wife and arrest her. T...
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City to txt msg in case of emergency
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago has launched a program called "Notify Chicago," through which the city can text message emergency information en masse to people who register for the service. Ma...
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Woodfield is called state's top tourist destination, but it's no exact scienceSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It's become a source of pride in Schaumburg to point to Woodfield Shopping Center as the most visited tourist destination in Illinois. And while there aren't a great num...
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Chicago-bound train derails near Joliet
Sep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - There were no injuries Monday night when a set of wheels on an Amtrak train traveling from St. Louis to Chicago went off the tracks. The wheels on the first car behind t...
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Shedd's whales, dolphins in new digs
Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - MYSTIC, Conn. -- The John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has temporarily transferred seven beluga whales and four Pacific white-sided dolphins to the Mystic Aquarium and I...