Chicago
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Boeing loses tanker contractFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Northrop Grumman and the maker of Airbus planes beat out Boeing Co. to win a $35 billion government contract to build up to 179 military refueling planes, ...
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Bail denied man accuse of murder in carjacking
Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Bail has been denied a convicted felon who is accused of hijacking a mini-van and then killing its owner. Thirty-six-year-old Eric Holmes of South Holland was stopped at...
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Daley lieutenant resignsFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - A top official of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's administration has stepped down after an investigation determined he was not a resident of the city. The city's inspector...
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Carjacking victim killedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A carjacking victim is dead after authorities say he tried to stop the crime by clinging to the outside of his speeding vehicle while it drove onto Chicago's Dan Ryan Ex...
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Stroger's budget plan protects wasteFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - During the past several weeks, I have received numerous letters and emails from law enforcement leaders concerning the Cook County budget debate. The impetus for these l...
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We'll never know why it happenedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Ever since the shootings at NIU, everyone asks why? I think there's really no good answer to that question other than the young man was mentally deficient and off the d...
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History shows guns aren't the problemFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The recent attacks on the Second Amendment by the anti-constitutional gun banners are predictable. Those who want to ban guns as a result of these despicable shootings a...
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Loss reported at R.R. DonnelleyFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. reported a fourth-quarter loss after the commercial-printing firm recorded a nearly $500 million pretax charge to write down the val...
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Chicago's plowing budget in redFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - There are four weeks left to spring and already the city of Chicago has exceeded its $18.5 million snow removal budget for the winter, and that's not counting the cost o...
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Not guilty pleas in U of Chicago student's deathFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Four suspects have pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of a University of Chicago graduate student from Senegal. They also pleaded not guilty to committing other ar...