Chicago
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Council remembers WashingtonNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Harold Washington, the larger-than-life politician who fell victim to a heart attack early in his second term as Chicag...
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Spertus Institute set to open new building
Nov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - The buildings are located next door to each other on Michigan Avenue, and both have housed the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, but that's where the similarities end...
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Overnight winter parking ban begins Dec. 1
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - It's snow time in Chicago and the city's Department of Transportation is using the change in weather as an opportunity to remind drivers of winter parking restrictions. ...
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Equipment sales help Deere's profit rise 52 percent
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Agricultural equipment maker Deere & Co. reported Wednesday a 52 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings on surging demand for tractors and combines world...
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Craziness at O'Hare? It didn't happen
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Amber and Russ Wasendorf were prepared for the worst when they brought their two kids to O'Hare International Airport Wednesday for a trip to Orlando, Fla. "We have enou...
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City worker keeps job despite slurs
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Despite using a racial slur and dressing up as a Ku Klux Klansman, a supervisor in Chicago's Department of Transportation will not lose his job, a review panel has decid...
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University of Chicago tries to ease fears after shooting
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - A campus thriving amid the violence and poverty that plagues much of Chicago's South Side is on alert in the wake of the shooting death of Senegalese doctoral student an...
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Chicago considers residential chicken ban
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Live chickens aren't meant for big-city neighborhoods. At least that's how some Chicago aldermen see it and they're moving to ban the keeping of the birds in residential...
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Possible Sears' bid for Restoration Hardware gets mixed reviews
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- For months, Wall Street has been waiting for hedge fund wizard Ed Lampert to reveal his plan to turn around ailing retailer Sears Holdings Corp. Investors got...
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City's landmark el system could become big liability
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - As a civil engineer, Om Goel had faith that Chicago's el, however old, rickety and perennially cash-strapped, was maintained well enough that the trains would at least s...