Chicago
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Business briefs: Motorola spent millions to lobbyAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Mobile handset maker Motorola spent about $3.4 million in the first half of this year to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. The ...
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Regional briefs: Airline passenger chargedAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - An airline passenger accused of yelling profanities, making crude comments and pushing a flight attendant on a Chicago-Las Vegas flight has been charged in federal court...
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Man held in dermatologist's slaying
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Police said Tuesday a man has turned himself in to French authorities in St. Martin and is being held on a federal fugitive warrant in connection with the death of a Chi...
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Obama's wife defends candidate
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Whims of time take toll on lifelong writerMay 23, 2003 5:15 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published May 29, 2003 This is the kind of compelling human story Bill Granger was made to tell. Instead, Granger sits in the Illin...
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'Burn the Floor' sizzles, but marred by samenessDec 31, 1996 11:00 pm - Despite the blizzard that started pummeling Chicago on Tuesday, the show still went on for opening night of “Burn the Floor” at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago. A...
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Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ stands the test of timeJun 11, 1996 2:48 pm - Editor’s note: This column originally published on June 11, 1996 This is a literary note on the Bulls victory tour: Carl Sandburg was wrong, apparently. Sports writers k...
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Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ stands the test of timeJun 11, 1996 5:15 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published on June 11, 1996 This is a literary note on the Bulls victory tour: Carl Sandburg was wrong, apparently. Sports writers k...
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Old romance thrives as time presses onMay 21, 1996 5:15 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published May 21, 1996 I learned about newspapers from the top to the bottom because I loved newspapers. I worked in a press room ...
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Billy Goat Tavern runs full circle around the cityApr 25, 1996 11:13 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published April 25, 1996 When William Sianis landed in Chicago as an immigrant from Greece, he scrambled for jobs. In time, he sol...