Chicago
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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...
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O'Hare cemetery appeal rejected
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Opponents of expansion at O'Hare International Airport were rebuffed yet again Wednesday in their attempts to stop Chicago officials from gutting a cemetery for a new ru...
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United eyes more overseas flights
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- United Airlines intends to expand about 15 percent internationally over the next three years but has no interest in increasing its domestic operations, a seni...
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Chicago cop claims sex bias
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - A Chicago police officer is suing her former supervisor for sex discrimination, claiming she was sent on dangerous assignments, resulting in her being injured on the job...
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Chicago's top cop makes more than Daley
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is defending his decision to pay his newly chosen police superintendent a $300,000 salary. That is $83,790 more than what Daley is paid annua...
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Briefs: Delinquents' names postedDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois state officials are posting online the names of 131 people and businesses who owe more than $1,000 in taxes. The Revenue Department has listed the names on its ...
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Applications to the U. of C. way up
Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Applications to the University of Chicago are up 45 percent this fall. It has received nearly 4,500 applications for its non-binding early action program. Regular applic...