Chicago
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13-year-old shot in head during visit
Aug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say a 13-year-old girl whose family moved to Pennsylvania to escape the violence in Chicago's Humboldt Park was shot in the head during a visit to their old ...
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South Side fire leaves 7 hospitalized
Aug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - An extra alarm fire has left seven people hospitalized after firefighters evacuated more than 100 people from an eight story apartment building on Chicago's South Side. ...
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Ali attends Chicago memorial for longtime manager
Aug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Muhammad Ali and Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan were among those paying respects to Ali's former manager and the son of a former minister of the Nation of Isla...
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Komodo dragon leaving Shedd Aquarium
Aug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - After more than two years, Faust the Komodo dragon will be leaving Chicago. The popular lizard has been on loan from the Fort Worth Zoo to the Shedd Aquarium since April...
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In case you missed it, WNBA basketball is backAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - A big laugh. That's what I got out of Chicago Sky president Margaret Stender when I asked her if she had been kicking back and relaxing during the WNBA's monthlong Olymp...
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Machinist union rejects Boeing contract, call for strike
Aug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- The machinists union has rejected Boeing's final contract proposal and has called for a strike. Connie Kelliher, a spokeswoman for the International Associati...
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Saturday SoapboxAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Jan Schakowsky, Ms. Party Line: Last week, we talked attendance in the 110th Congress; this week, it's partisanship. Who votes with his or her party most often? In the s...
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Chicago piles on columnist city loved to hate
Aug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Jay Mariotti was, for years, the sports columnist readers loved to hate. Turns out, many of his colleagues at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he worked for 17 years, may ha...
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Elgin electrocutions were accidentAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The deaths of two men who were electrocuted while working on a bridge in Elgin this summer were ruled accidental Wednesday by a Kane County coroner's jury. Ionnis "John...
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Woman admits aiding Elgin escapeAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A Chicago woman pleaded guilty Thursday to helping a convicted killer escape from the Elgin Mental Health Center and was sentenced to 30 months of probation. Lisa Mack,...