Chicago
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Durbin pushes for safer campusesFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin stressed the need for emergency plans on college campuses Sunday during a press conference at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. Legislation...
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Suburban cop released after fatal shooting
Feb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago police say they have released without charges an off-duty suburban police officer involved in a fatal shooting on the city's South Side. Police News Affairs Offi...
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Chicago museum offers virtual tour of 1893 fair
Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry occupies the last surviving building from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the fabled "White City." And this weekend, a li...
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It's lights out for Chicago on March 29Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley says it will be lights out for many of the city's public buildings on March 29. Daley said Friday that on that date Chicago will join more...
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Chicago police superintendent announces changes
Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Only two weeks after he was sworn in, Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis announced Friday a major shake-up in his command staff. Weis jumped over several ranks to p...
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UIC senior arrested for alleged e-mail threats
Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Police say they have arrested a 24-year-old University of Illinois-Chicago senior after she allegedly sent out e-mails threatening violence on the UIC campus. University...
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Cardinal appoints nun as new head of Chicago diocesan schools
Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Cardinal Francis George says he has named Sister Mary Paul McCaughey, president of Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, as superintendent of schools for the R...
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Briefs: Animal shelters support billFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - A state lawmaker's push to outlaw gas chambers to euthanize animals across the state has the backing of about a dozen Illinois animal-rescue shelters that consider the m...
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Ten Chicago-area cases of Tamiflu-resistant flu reported
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued a health alert to doctors and hospitals because ten Chicago-area patients have tested positive for an unusual type of...
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Slots at track would turn it into a casinoFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Arlington Park racetrack is one of six remaining horse racing venues in the state of Illinois. Those six racetracks are controlled by three groups which each year get ...