Chicago
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Washington Mutual to close stores, lay off 150Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Washington Mutual told employees today it intends to close 25 local branches and cut about 150 jobs. The cutbacks are scheduled to be made by mid-April and will leave Wa...
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Corrupt Chicago cop gets 25 yearsJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The admitted leader of a band of Chicago police officers who ripped off drug dealers and funneled narcotics onto the city's streets was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in...
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Kenyans planning Chicago peace rallyJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - United Kenyans of Chicago will hold a peace rally from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday outside their offices at 1111 N. Wells St. in an effort to spotlight the political and ethnic f...
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United says December weather worst in its history
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The airline industry's on-time performance through the first 11 months of 2007 was the second worst on record, but delays in November fell compared with a ...
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Chicago Sun-Times to cut 35 newsroom jobsJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The Chicago Sun-Times may lay off up to 35 unionized newsroom staffers in the next four weeks as it struggles to cut costs in the face of falling circulation and adverti...
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Daley refusing to use Skyway funds for CTA
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Briefs: Child molester sentencedJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A Mount Prospect man who admitted to repeatedly molesting a female relative has earned 14 years behind bars. Ronald Sampson, 25, formerly of 413 E. Lincoln St., has been...
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Two men killed in laudromat fire
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Out & AboutJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Time is running out to see "Recent Works of Lambert Lucietto" at Bartlett's village hall, 228 S. Main St., Bartlett. This one-man show featuring Lucietto's creations in ...
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Joliet man accidentally electrocuted in Chicago