Chicago
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Zell says Tribune has no liquidity issuesAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Sam Zell, the billionaire who took Tribune Co. private in December, said the company has no liquidity issues and expects to pay off its debt. ``We don't have any real m...
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Blagojevich left off list of DNC speakers
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - The Democratic National Committee has invited some high-ranking officials from Barack Obama's home state to speak at the party's convention in Denver next week -- but no...
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Judge delays Rezko sentencing until Oct. 28
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal judge in Chicago has delayed the sentencing of political fundraiser Tony Rezko for more than a month, moving it closer to the presidential election. U.S. Distr...
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Chicago's black politicians building own dynasties
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - In a city where the mayor holds the job his father once did, politics can seem little different from the early years of the legendary Democratic Machine. But the faces o...
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City Colleges of Chicago chancellor will retire
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - The chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago says he plans to retire at the end of the academic year. Wayne Watson was appointed chancellor of the system of seven com...
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Vehicle involved in fatal hit-and-run found in Spring GroveAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Kenosha County sheriff's officials are looking for the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that may have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident involving two bicyclis...
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Daley says politics won't taint layoffs
Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite a history of political hiring, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is scoffing at a federal hiring monitor's demand for guarantees the threatened layoff of city employee...
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Chicago Chefs Hall of Fame welcomes Rick BaylessAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Award-winning chef and television personality Rick Bayless will be inducted into the Chicago Culinary Museum and Chefs Hall of Fame later this month. "It is a great hono...
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Surprised cargo screening conducted at O'Hare
Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal officials have tested a mobile X-ray machine capable of screening the contents of large cargo containers to check trucks entering O'Hare International Airport. T...
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Lawsuit: Illinois school funding is unconstitutional
Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The Chicago Urban League is challenging Illinois' school funding system. The group filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday in Cook County against the state and the Illino...