Chicago
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Briefs: Unemployment up in Chicago areaNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Chicago was one of two metropolitan areas that experienced the largest October unemployment rate increase year-over-year. The Chicago-Naperville-Joliet area u...
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FCC likely to grant Trib waiverNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday he wants to grant media group Tribune Co. a temporary exemption from U.S. media ownership rules, rem...
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Hastert departing to avoid tarnish?Nov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - In a Nov. 25 letter, Dick Graff presented several valid issues regarding the resignation of Congressman Dennis Hastert. Additionally, the so-called Mr. Clean of Congres...
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Trucker convicted of reckless homicide in 2003 deaths of 8 womenNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - A truck driver intentionally disregarded the risk to those around him moments before his 76,000-pound rig slammed into the back of a tour bus on the Northwest Tollway in...
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UAL workers oppose moves to boost stockNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - UAL Corp. unions Wednesday took aim at the company's plan to benefit its shareholders. The Union Coalition at United Airlines, a conglomeration of all but one of UAL Cor...
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Teen pleads guilty in killing of restaurant manager
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for his role in the 2006 robbery and murder of a restaurant manager. Moments before the boy was led of Juveni...
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Briefs: Chicago Fed sees slow growthNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Turmoil in financial markets could lead to a reduction in both business investments and the purchases of consumer durables and homes, slowing U.S. economic gr...
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Motorola donation ironic on firing dayNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - I read how Motorola has provided $3.5 million in grants to schools to inspire the next generation of technologists. This I find strange because many of these students' p...
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Security guard accused of sexually abusing 15-year-old
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United seeks 'initiatives' to pay back lendersNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines is asking lenders to let it repay $350 million in debt and implement as much as $500 million in "shareholder initiatives" such as stock buyba...