Chicago
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Chicago taxes likely to increase for teacher pensions
Aug 29, 2017 11:00 pm - Chicago property owners could face another tax hit for teacher pensions - but their aldermen would escape a difficult vote on the increase - under a historic new statewi...
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Barbara Byrd-Bennett arrives at West Virginia federal prison
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has reported to Alderson Federal Prison Camp, a minimum security facility in West Virginia. Byrd-Be...
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Police: Deaths of mother, twins possible murders-suicide
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A 41-year-old Chicago-area mother and her twin 5-year-old daughters have been found in what authorities are investigating as possible murders and a s...
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New locomotives expected to speed Illinois rail service
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Transportation officials say faster and more reliable locomotives combined with improved signals and tracks will cut the time it takes an Amtrak ...
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Chao hears Indiana pitch for federal South Shore funding
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has heard Indiana officials make a pitch for federal funding for $290 million in improvements planned f...
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10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TEXAS TO HAVE A RESPITE AMID HARVEY MISERY With flood defenses...
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New cemetery monument for Cubs great Ernie Banks unveiled
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The most famous Chicago Cub of them all now has a cemetery marker inscribed with the most famous thing he ever said. At the grave of Ernie "Mr Cub" Banks ...
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Chicago changes course, wants police reforms with court role
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago changed course Tuesday and said it now wants to carry out far-reaching reforms of its police under strict federal court supervision, a...
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Why Stafford's $135 million NFL contract won't rank No. 1 very longAug 29, 2017 1:00 am - Derek Carr and now Matthew Stafford have nudged the biggest-contract bar higher for NFL quarterbacks in recent months and the next beneficiaries are likely to be Kirk Co...
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Bears to play Trubisky, Shaw Thursday while Sanchez and Glennon sitAug 29, 2017 1:00 am - While veteran quarterback Mark Sanchez will not play in Thursday night's fourth preseason game, Bears coach John Fox says there's a logical explanation. Sanchez, enterin...