Chicago
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Feds blast conditions at Cook County jailJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Albert Allen was suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm when he was arrested in 2006. Before he was jailed, an orthopedist treated the wound, inserting metal "hardwar...
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Immigrant O'Hare workers sue staffing company
Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A group of immigrant workers has filed a lawsuit claiming they were exploited by a staffing firm and several companies that employ temporary workers at O'Hare Internatio...
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Report: Oak Brook real estate firm bids for Wrigley
Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A Chicago-area commercial real estate group has made an offer to buy Wrigley Field, the iconic and historic home of the Chicago Cubs, according to a report T...
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Boy killed walking under semi
Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say a Chicago boy was killed when he tried to cross a major West Side street by going under a semitrailer truck that had stopped in traffic. A Chicago Police...
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Obama supporters quick to cry racismJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It looks like the disapproval by Obama disciples of the New Yorker magazine cartoon cover is a harbinger of things to come if Sen. Obama is elected president. His suppo...
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Leader of robbery gang gets 62 years in prison
Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- A 47-year-old man convicted of leading a gang of robbers who beat and hog-tied victims was sentenced Friday to more than 62 years in federal prison, much of t...
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Man accused of torching baby raccoon
Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge has ordered a Chicago man held in lieu of $250,000 bail for allegedly torturing a live baby raccoon by pouring gasoline on it and lighting it on fire...
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Police Supt. says Chicago crime not out of control
Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis says Gov. Rod Blagojevich is wrong to call crime in the city "out of control." Weis called a news conference Thursday, a day afte...
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Chicago doesn't need Brett FavreJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Why is Brett Favre doing anything of that great importance in Chicagoland? I can see the Wisconsinites treating him as royalty since the only other people of note from ...
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Hold impeachment hearings quicklyJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The refusal to hold impeachment hearings suggests the members of Congress that go along with that agree with the criminal actions of this war mongering president and his...