Chicago
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Chicago man formally charged with murder
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A Chicago man accused of setting up a shooting that killed his teenage neighbor to curry favor with the gunman has been formally charged with first-degree murder. Cook C...
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So long to Mariotti and Mike NorthAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I hated Jay Mariotti and the garbage he wrote, but, I read his column and he sold a lot of newspapers for the Chicago Sun-Times. Other people must share a similar opini...
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Life is all about today's choicesAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - It's the same old thing day after day. We spend our lives rushing to work and home again, constantly feeling like because we've allowed time to somehow pass us by that w...
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BP withdraws plan to build Hammond asphalt plant
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - HAMMOND, Ind. -- BP has withdrawn its plan to build a $110 million asphalt plant in Hammond as part of the $3.8 billion expansion of its refinery in the neighboring city...
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Chicago 2016 bid has Phelps' backing
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps is coming to Chicago next week to back the city's bid for the 2016 Summer Games. Phelps enjoys worldwide name recognition after...
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2 homeless people held for attack on woman
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge has ordered two homeless people held on $500,000 bail for allegedly beating a woman so severely that she lost more than a dozen teeth. Chicago police...
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Free rides to cost RTA $5 million
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - When Gov. Rod Blagojevich trumpeted a measure to give free bus and train rides to poor people with disabilities he neglected to mention that there's no state money for t...
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Sun-Times sports columnist Mariotti resigns
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A day after Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti announced his resignation, Sun-Times officials say the reaction has been positive and they expect his exit wi...
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Sun-Times sports columnist Mariotti resigns
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Longtime Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti has announced his resignation. The Sun-Times said on its Web site late Tuesday that Mariotti left "to pursue oth...
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Ugandan choir robbed again
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Just days after laptops, video equipment and a passport were stolen from their van, an Ugandan children's choir on a U.S. tour was victimized again. Spare tires were sto...