Chicago
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Metra getting rid of saloon cars
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Saloon cars, a long-time fixture on the commuter trains operating between downtown Chicago and its suburbs, are being phased out by the Metra commuter rail system. Frida...
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Reward increased for bank robber
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The FBI is now offering $40,000 for information leading to the arrest of a bank robber the agency has dubbed the "Time Bandit." The person wanted in the robberies of 11 ...
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Ali ex-manager Jabir Muhammad dies
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A longtime manager of boxer Muhammad Ali and a son of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad has died following heart surgery. Jabir Herbert Muhammad was 79. Hi...
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U.S. Marshals catch fugitive in Chicago
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The U.S. Marshals say a Mississippi man who was on the agency's "15 Most Wanted" list has been captured in Chicago. Elliot Evans Stamps is charged with kidnapping, aggra...
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Meeks says he's prepared to drop school boycott -- but there's a catch
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - State Sen. James Meeks says state leaders can avert the school boycott he's planned by agreeing to boost funding to underperforming schools. Meeks wants to steer $120 mi...
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Skokie police officer injured in shooting
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A police officer from Skokie was hospitalized and another person was killed after a shooting in suburban Chicago. Lincoln police say the officer was pulling over a vehi...
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Appeals court upholds death penalty for foot doctor
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal appeals court panel has upheld the death penalty for a Chicago foot doctor convicted in 2005 of killing a disabled patient to keep her from testifying against ...
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Bail denied for handyman charged in stabbings
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A judge has denied bail for an apartment building handyman charged with two counts of attempted murder in the stabbing of two tenants. Police say 36-year-old Thaddeus Gu...
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Chicago man dies at Indiana beach
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WHITING, Ind. -- Indiana conservation officers say a 26-year-old Chicago man apparently drowned while swimming in Lake Michigan. Authorities say 26-year-old Oscar Franco...
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Ugandan children's choir gets $10,000 donation after theft
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A businessman has donated $10,000 to a Ugandan children's choir on a U.S. tour after someone stole laptops, video equipment and a passport from their van parked on Chica...