Chicago
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Chicago Air & Water Show remains the Greatest Show Above the EarthAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - If you're old enough to remember how cool it once was to fly, you know just how glum the whole affair has gotten in the last few decades. An event like the Chicago Air &...
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Tribune Co. posts $4.5 billion 2Q loss
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Tribune Co. plunged to a $4.53 billion loss in the second quarter after taking a $3.84 billion charge to write down the book value of its newspaper brands. T...
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Gov's wife gets a new job
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich is getting a new job. She's expected to start work next month at a a nonprofit Chicago homeless agency that's received more than $2...
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Chicago police officer dies from wounds
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - An off-duty police detective, who along with a female friend was found inside a sport-utility vehicle shot several times, has died. Authorities say 49-year-old Robert So...
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Boy rescued from Lake Michigan recovers
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Doctors say a 3-year-old boy who spent 15 minutes underwater after his stroller blew into Lake Michigan has made a "miracle" recovery. Lazar Ognjenovic spent nearly a m...
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Chicago archdiocese pays $12 mil to settle clergy abuse suits
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The Archdiocese of Chicago said Tuesday it agreed to pay more than $12.6 million to settle lawsuits by 16 people who said they were sexually abuse by priests, and for th...
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Police officer charged with fraud
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Another Chicago police officer has been indicted in connection with a scheme to have his car towed away and declared stolen for insurance money. The U.S. attorney's offi...
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Testing under way of new O'Hare runwayAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a lot of aircraft action over O'Hare International Airport's new runway despite the fact no planes are touching down yet. Federal Aviation Administration pilots ...
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Indiana jail escapee caught in Chicago
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - GOSHEN, Ind. -- An inmate who escaped from jail in Elkhart County, Indiana, with five others has been arrested in Chicago. The arrest of 30-year-old Lee Phillip Sims on ...
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Chicago police officer shot
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Police in Chicago are investigating a shooting on the city's West Side that left a woman dead and an off-duty Chicago police detective critically wounded. Police spokesw...