Chicago
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Rezko witness ties Blagojevich's father-in-law to kickback planMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Political insiders in the Blagojevich administration at one point prepared a sham consulting agreement to divert $125,000 to Chicago Alderman Dick Mell after he "was ups...
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Man shot, wounded by Chicago cops
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the nonfatal shooting of a man by police officers near some rapid transit elevated tracks west of downtown...
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Family picking up missing 11-year-old in Chicago
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- The family of a missing Milwaukee girl found in Chicago plans to travel to Illinois Monday to bring her home. Eleven-year-old Shontel Jones disappeared Frid...
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Memo questions handling of complaints against Chicago police
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The new head of the Chicago Police Department is standing by his choice to be his top legal adviser, despite a memo that raises questions about how she handled complaint...
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CME to buy Nymex Holdings for $9.5 bil
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The parent company of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade said today it would buy the New York Mercantile Exchange in a $9.4 billion cash-and-...
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Chicago stairclimber captures Seattle's Big Climb men's title
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Jesse Lucas Berg of Chicago held off Henry Wigglesworth of Seattle by .76 seconds to capture his second consecutive men's title at Sunday's 22nd annual Big Cl...
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Frustrated official seeks to jumpstart Cook County search processMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - A suburban Cook County commissioner is so fed up with waiting for a new inspector general that he's putting forth an amendment to force the issue. Republican Peter Silve...
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''One Book, One Chicago" program chooses mystery novel
Mar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - For the first time since the launching of the citywide celebration of reading called "One Book, One Chicago," the book selected is a mystery novel. The newly-announced s...
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Man charged in hit-and-run death of Good Samaritan
Mar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police say a 24-year-old man faces charges in connection with the fatal hit-and-run of a man who had just rescued a woman from two men who were kicking her. Offi...
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Obama distances himself from pastor
Mar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday denounced inflammatory remarks from his pastor, who has railed against the United States and accus...