Chicago
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Michael Jordan wins ruling in paternity pay-off suitDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Michael Jordan, a five-time National Basketball Association most valuable player, needn't honor an alleged promise to pay $5 million to an ex-lover for her vow to keep t...
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Jurors deadlock in 6 of 7 defendants in Sears Tower plot; 7th acquitted
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- One of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and a mistrial was declared for...
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Former Chicago health inspector pleads guilty to bribe taking
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - A former Chicago Public Health Department inspector has pleaded guilty to fraud for accepting payoffs in return for helping unqualified restaurant, grocery and food-serv...
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Chicago-bound bus stop shooting suspect arrested in Denver
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- An 18-year-old man was arrested in a shooting at a school bus stop that injured six young people, police said. Nicco Tatum was arrested Wednesday in Denver ...
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Jailed former cop seeks return of property
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - A jailed Chicago police officer sometimes described as the city's most corrupt has asked a federal judge for the return of his property. Joseph Miedzianowski is serving ...
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Art Institute says sculpture supposedly by Gauguin a fake
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - A half-man, half-goat ceramic figure supposedly sculpted by 19th century French artist Paul Gauguin has delighted aficionados visiting the Art Institute of Chicago for a...
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Backyard roosts may get the boot
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The same city that put out the welcome mat for bees and fought to protect goose livers is poised to send a different message to residents: We don't want your clucking ch...
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Boeing sticks to 787 schedule
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Boeing Co. said Tuesday that its schedule for the 787 Dreamliner remains on track and it does not currently envision further delays in the much-ballyhooed air...
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Daley appoints new head of Chicago Housing Authority
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - A former resident of public housing has been named the chief executive officer of the Chicago Housing Authority. Forty-eight-year-old Lewis A. Jordan replaces Sharon Gis...
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Large Sun-Times investor calls for change
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The second-largest shareholder of Sun-Times Media Group Inc. criticized the company's performance in a letter Tuesday and called for operational changes at...