Chicago
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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...
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Teen mothers displaced by fire at shelter
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say about 40 teenage mothers and children were displaced by a fire that was accidentally set by a worker at the facility. Chicago Fire Department spokesman L...
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Four killed, four injured in auto accident
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A two-car collision on Chicago's southwest side killed four people this morning and left five others seriously injured, authorities said. Three family members -- 28-year...
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Obama excuses racist diatribesMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - How anyone can vote for presidential candidate Barak Obama, who remains a member of a congregation such as the United Trinity Church of Christ and makes excuses for the ...
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Environmental group says green buildings could stimulate economy
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - With energy prices rising, the economy slowing and worries about global warming growing, an environmental advocacy group says increasing energy efficiency in buildings a...