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BP withdraws plan to build Hammond asphalt plant

Associated Press
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 -- BP has withdrawn its plan to build a $110 million asphalt plant in Hammond as part of the $3.8 billion expansion of its refinery in the neighboring city...
Chicago 2016 bid has Phelps' backing

Associated Press
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...
2 homeless people held for attack on woman

Associated Press
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...
Free rides to cost RTA $5 million

Associated Press
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...
Sun-Times sports columnist Mariotti resigns

Associated Press
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...
Sun-Times sports columnist Mariotti resigns

Associated Press
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...
Ugandan choir robbed again

Associated Press
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...
Metra getting rid of saloon cars

Associated Press
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...
Reward increased for bank robber

Associated Press
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 ...
Ali ex-manager Jabir Muhammad dies

Associated Press
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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