Chicago
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Hastert resigned to avoid defeatDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - In a letter published Nov. 25, Dick Graff presented several valid issues regarding the resignation of Congressman Dennis Hastert. Additionally, the so-called Mr. Clean m...
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Accident closes Chicago expresswayDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - A portion of the northbound lanes of the Bishop Ford expressway on Chicago's South Side are expected to be closed through the weekend after a dump truck hit the undersid...
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Ex charged in murder of Chicago woman
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The ex-boyfriend of a Chicago drug sales representative found dead in September has been charged in her death. Reginald Potts, 30, of Chicago is being held on first-degr...
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UAL approves $250 million to shareholders
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- United Airlines parent UAL Corp. said Friday it has approved a $250 million special distribution to shareholders and paid down $500 million in debt, citing a ...
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$20 million settles police torture suits
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The city of Chicago has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle lawsuits filed by four former death row inmates who claimed they were tortured by Chicago police offic...
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Media mogul Black headed for prison
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Conrad Black, the brash media mogul who vacationed in Bora Bora, rode around London in a Rolls Royce and ended up convicted of swindling shareholders out of millions of ...
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Chicago hospital settles suit for $11.5 mil.
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Parents who sued Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and a doctor after their child suffered brain damage from what they said was a botched delivery have agreed to...
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O'Hare among airports offering flu shots to go
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- After taking off their shoes, emptying their pockets and passing through the security checkpoint, travelers at some major U.S. airports, including Chicago's O...
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Report: Less than 1 percent of Chicago cop shootings unjustified
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Despite $59 million in settlements and civil judgments against the city in the past decade, less than 1 percent of Chicago police shootings of civilians have been ruled ...
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Chicago cops bust open-air drug market
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago police say they have arrested 11 alleged gang members and shut down an open-air drug market in the city's West Pullman neighborhood that also was a pipeline to s...