Chicago
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Community group protests meeting over mortgage lending crisis
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Nearly a hundred members of a community organization group were escorted by police out of a meeting of the Mortgage Bankers Association at a Chicago hotel. The activists...
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Atheist objects to $1 million for burned-out church
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Atheist activist Rob Sherman says it's unconstitutional for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to give $1 million to a burned-out church. Blagojevich has said Pilgrim Baptist Church w...
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Rezko letters hint at 'pressure' by lawmaker over hospital expansionMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois public got its first look Tuesday at a series of letters state administrators wrote under pressure from state Rep. Jack Franks, who urged them to back the p...
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April court date for cop accused of beating female bartender
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago moved a step closer to firing a police officer accused in the videotaped beating of a female bartender today -- the same day the officer's attorney s...
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Trial date set for homeless woman charged in fatal fire
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A May 7th trial date has been set for a homeless woman accused of setting a fire that killed four people in 2006. Mary Smith is charged with 12 counts of first-degree mu...
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No bond for suspect in school shootingMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge has denied bond for a 15-year-old boy charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Crane High School junior outside the school. Devonte Smith has ...
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Rezko witness says clout trumped experienceMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - In her experience, it was who you knew, not what you knew, that reigned supreme in getting appointed to state boards and commissions, a former Blagojevich administration...
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Rep. Bobby Rush undergoes cancer surgery
Mar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush successfully underwent a surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from a salivary gland and was scheduled to recover at home for several weeks, officials...
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Bond denied for teen charged in school shooting
Mar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge has denied bond for a 15-year-old boy charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Crane High School junior outside the school. Devonte Smith, who...
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Elgin woman killed in hit-and-runMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A 23-year-old Elgin woman was killed early Sunday morning in an apparent hit-and-run accident, Chicago police said. Ashley Brown and an unidentified 26-year-old Chicago ...