Chicago
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United: fuel costs soaring to $9.5 billionJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO - United Airlines on Tuesday projected its 2008 fuel bill to hit $9.5 billion based on current prices, or more than $3.5 billion higher than last year. The natio...
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Continue state's kids commitmentJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Disagreements among state leaders have grabbed plenty of headlines, but a more positive story has gone mostly unnoticed. It is the quieter story of Illinois' commitment...
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UIC names new chancellor
Jun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The dean of the University of Michigan's school of social work will become the new chancellor of the University of Illinois' Chicago campus next year. Paula Allen-Meares...
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Police kill two, wound three in shootouts
Jun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Over six days, shootings between Chicago police and alleged criminals have left two people dead and three others injured. Chicago police attributed the number of shootin...
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Hearing on BP refinery air permit appeals delayed
Jun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WHITING, Ind. -- Environmental groups challenging the state's decision to grant an air pollution permit that allows BP to expand its oil refinery along Lake Michigan hav...
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Sun-Times considering privatization or sale
Jun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Sun-Times Media Group is considering going private as well as selling one or more of its businesses. Chief Executive Cyrus Freidheim told shareholders that both options ...
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Fisherman drowns in Fox RiverJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A 76-year-old Chicago man drowned Monday morning after a boat he and two others rented to go fishing tipped over at a dam on the Fox River in unincorporated McHenry Coun...
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Police: 2 14-year-old boys shot in drive-by
Jun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say one of two 14-year-olds shot as they walked in a South Side Chicago alley has died. Officer John Mirabelli says the boys were walking in the alley around 2:3...
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Son of deported immigration activist returns to Chicago
Jun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - The 9-year-old son of an immigration activist who took sanctuary at a Chicago church for a year is returning to the city for the summer. Saul Arellano is Elvira Arellano...
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11,000 still without power in northern Illinois
Jun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - A utility spokesman says nearly 250 ComEd crews managed to restore power to more than 128,000 customers within 24 hours after a violent weekend storm front raked norther...