Chicago
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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...
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Bond set for music teacher accused of sexually abusing studentsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge has set bond at $150,000 for a music teacher at Kenwood Academy on Chicago's South Side who is accused of sexually abusing two male students. The bon...
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Chicago's new top cop says shakeup brings 'positive role models'Mar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago's new police superintendent said he was looking for new ideas and "positive role models" when he replaced 21 of 25 district commanders in a department whose imag...
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'North Side Rapist' sentenced to 100 years in prison
Mar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge has sentenced a man dubbed the "North Side rapist" to 100 years in prison in the first of six rape cases against him. Judge Dennis Porter sentenced 4...