Articles filed under Chicago
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Court promptly denies Blagojevich request for 3rd sentencingApr 21, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An appeals court in Chicago took just three days to reject a request from imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for another sentencing hearing, ...
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Ratings agency downgrades credit of 6 Illinois universitiesApr 21, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' continued state budget problems have prompted S&P Global Ratings to downgrade the credit worthiness of six state universities and the ...
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Obama to hold first public event of his post-presidencyApr 21, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Barack Obama will speak Monday in Chicago to young community leaders and organizers at the University of Chicago, where his presidenti...
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Funeral service scheduled for judge slain in robbery attemptApr 21, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Mourners are expected to gather at a South Side Chicago church for funeral services for a Cook County Circuit Court judge who was gunned down outside his ...
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Police: 2 boys accused in school shooting plot had no gunsApr 21, 2017 7:00 am - SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) - Police say two students accused of planning to carry out a shooting at their suburban Chicago middle school didn't have any weapons nor apparently an...
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Chicago man set for retrial in 2006 Rolling Meadows murder held on $3.5 million bailApr 21, 2017 1:00 am - A Chicago man, whose conviction for the 2006 slaying of a fledgling Rolling Meadows rap producer was overturned last year, was ordered held on $3.5 million bail Friday. ...
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Bears would be wise to invest in known quantity of Jonathan AllenApr 21, 2017 1:00 am - (10th and final in a series) With the NFL pre-draft season becoming longer each year, there is a tendency to overthink everything, especially what teams should do with e...
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Healthy Goldman, Hicks would give Bears destructive duo in 2017Apr 21, 2017 1:00 am - In his first year with the Bears, defensive lineman Akiem Hicks proved to be one of the franchise's best free-agent pickups in recent years. Hicks was signed to a two-ye...
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Ex-Boston Celtic found guilty in Chicago train-guns caseApr 20, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former player for the Boston Celtics has been found guilty of receiving guns that were stolen off a freight train in Chicago. A federal jury on Thursday...
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Illinois man sentenced in sanitation-training bribes caseApr 20, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 71-year-old suburban Chicago instructor convicted of taking bribes to enable restaurant workers to skip mandated sanitation training has been sentenced ...