Chicago
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2 children dead in early morning Chicago fire
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Firefighters say two children are dead and two other people are injured from an early morning fire that ravaged a crowded home on Chicago's southwest side. Fire Departme...
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Feds: Amtrak train was speeding before it smashed into freight car
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - An Amtrak train was going about 25 mph over the speed limit -- despite a signal indicating another train was on the same track -- moments before it hit a stationary frei...
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Fire inspection delays opening of Trump's Chicago hotel
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Fire inspectors are delaying Monday's opening of the Trump International Hotel & Tower. The Chicago Fire Department says the riverfront hotel needs to install fire-safet...
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Celebrated Lyric Opera publicist dies
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- A celebrated publicist for Lyric Opera of Chicago for almost 50 years has died. A Lyric Opera statement says Danny Newman died at his suburban Chicago home Sa...
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NTSB investigators say signals working in Chicago train collision
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Officials investigating a train crash on Chicago's South Side say they've reviewed data from a signal event recorder on the train tracks. The National Transportation ...
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Amtrak train collides with freight train in Chicago; dozens injured
Nov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - When the Amtrak train carrying insurance agent Coert Vanderhill and his wife hit a stretch of tracks on Chicago's South Side, they knew they were nearing the end of the ...
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Briefs: Sears' Lampert goes on defenseNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman Edward Lampert criticized media coverage of his company and Wall Street commentary in a letter to employees Friday, a da...
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Briefs: Groom cleared in meleeNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - A judge has acquitted a bridegroom and his brother on charges they battered a police officer at an Orland Park wedding reception. Judge David Sterba found the groom's co...
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Sears Tower terror case going to jury
Nov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- Little evidence exists that six men were involved in an alleged plot to topple the Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices, their lawyers said in closing arguments Fri...
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FCC decision clears Tribune Co. sale to billionaire Zell
Nov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ The Federal Communications Commission approved the $8.2 billion buyout of the Tribune Co. by a 3-2 vote Friday, a move that will allow the deal to close by ...