Chicago
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Stun gun kills 24-year-oldMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago authorities say a 24-year-old Chicagoan is dead after police used a stun gun on him. Police spokesman Marcel Bright said the incident happened on the city's West...
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Trial journal for Wednesday, March 19Mar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - More name-dropping In power broker Stuart Levine's testimony, Wednesday, he continued to drop the names of the rich and powerful in Illinois. Testifying about an Oc...
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Chicago bars businessman convicted of fraud for 3 years
Mar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago has barred three businessmen convicted of contract fraud from doing business with the city for three years, ignoring a recommendation that they never...
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Skybus Airlines cuts back new flights to Gary
Mar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Less than a week after it began service to the Gary/Chicago International Airport, Skybus Airlines is cutting back on its flights. Airline spokesman Bob Tenenbaum says t...
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Judge favors expanding 'moment of silence' lawsuit into class-action
Mar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal judge favors expanding a legal challenge to a mandatory moment of silence in classrooms into a class-action lawsuit that would include all Illinois school dist...
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Rezko trial witness details 'the fix' to get state approval for hospital projectMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - With a friend like Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the sky was the limit when it came to financial gain through political power, a once-influential state official said today. On h...
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7 indicted on charges of making, selling counterfeit art prints
Mar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Seven people face federal charges alleging they produced or sold counterfeit prints of famous works from artists Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Andy Warhol and others. Fed...
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CVS to pay $37 million in fraud case
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - CVS Caremark Corp. agreed to pay almost $37 million to nearly two dozen states and the federal government to settle claims that the nation's largest pharmacy chain bille...
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Message of Obama's pastor forged in the civil rights movement
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - As shocking as they may be, the provocative sermons of Barack Obama's pastor come out of a tradition of using the black church to challenge its members and confront what...
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24-year-old man dies at Chicago hospital after stun gun incident
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say a 24-year-old Chicagoan is dead after police used a stun gun on him. Police spokesman Marcel Bright says the incident happened on the city's West Side la...