Chicago
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Ryerson board members elected, seen as key to buyout
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Ryerson Inc. shareholders elected all 11 of the steel processor's board nominees at its annual meeting Thursday, a move the Chicago company said was important...
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Soldier with ties to Warrenville killed in IraqAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Phillip Brodnick, 25-year-old son of a police officer from south suburban Burbank, was among the 14 soldiers killed Wednesday when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in nor...
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Severe weather storms through Chicago, suburbs
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RTA on transit cuts, fare hikes: 'You ain't seen nothin' yet'Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Nothing stands in the way of higher fares and reduced service on the region's bus and train system except for higher taxes, transit officials said Thursday. "There has ...
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United Air seeks investors for maintenance unit stakeAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - United Airlines, the world's second- largest carrier, said it may sell all or part of its maintenance operations to outside investors to raise cash for modernizing and e...
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Briefs: Giant banks hope to send messageAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The four largest U.S. banks each borrowed $500 million from the Federal Reserve to help ease a credit crunch threatening to slow economic growth and worsen t...
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Ryan remains free despite appeals court rulingAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - For the second time in less than 12 months, former Gov. George Ryan was snatched from the jaws of prison Tuesday, despite a court ruling upholding findings of guilt agai...
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Zell confident Tribune plan is soundAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. shareholders approved an $8.2 billion buyout Tuesday led by billionaire Sam Zell and must now wait to see if his purchase of the second-largest U.S. newspape...
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Bond is denied for stabbing suspectAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A Chicago man charged in the Sunday stabbing death of a 25-year-old Prospect High School graduate waived his right to a bond hearing Tuesday afternoon -- landing him in ...
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Views vary on appeals court decisionAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Inside court and out Tuesday, judges, lawyers, jurors and politicians were divided over an appellate panel's ruling on whether former governor George Ryan received a fai...