Chicago
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Veteran sportscaster suspended over anti-Semitic remark
Feb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago radio station WMVP-AM has suspended veteran sportscaster Chet Coppock until Feb. 23 because of an offensive remark he made about Jews on his show a week ago. Cop...
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Chicago cop cleared of DUIFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A Cook County judge has dismissed drunken driving charges against a Chicago police officer in connection with a fatal crash. Judge Donald Panarese said Friday there was ...
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Ex-Chicago schools chief still challenging the systemFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - As chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools, Paul Vallas developed a reputation as an unabashed reformer, unafraid to ruffle feathers. Vallas, now superintenden...
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Police search downtown hotel for fugitive
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Suspect back in courtFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A man accused of trying to kill a Chicago police officer was in a Cook County courtroom Friday -- nearly 40 years after he is said to have fired three bullets into the m...
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Teacher likely will be firedFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A Chicago teacher faces dismissal after wrapping masking tape around a special education student to keep him in his chair when he wouldn't sit down, authorities said. Th...
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FBI says 25 indicted in mortgage fraud scheme
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Vallas mum on political futureFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Former governor candidate and Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas returned to town recently to talk education reform -- but not politics. Vallas side-stepped a ques...
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Analysts cool on prospects for PlayboyFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Though long-suffering Playboy Enterprises Inc. reported a tiny quarterly revenue increase last fall, the company hasn't convinced analysts improvement will be sustained....
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Ritchie Capital sues fund investorsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Ritchie Capital Management LLC sued investors who are trying to force one of its hedge funds into bankruptcy, claiming they disparaged the Lisle-based investment firm. C...