Articles filed under Chicago
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CPS will make $676 million teacher pension payment, then what?Jun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - The Chicago Public Schools will make a $676 million payment to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund due Thursday even though that massive payment will leave the nearly bank...
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At least 25 sickened in E. coli outbreak at Bridgeport restaurantJun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - An E. coli outbreak at a restaurant in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood has sickened at least 25 people, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Carb...
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Chicago's top cop backs new gun-crime crackdownJun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - The same day the Chicago Police Department released crime stats showing the city is on course to have one of the bloodiest years in recent memory, the city's top cop sai...
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Miles: Cubs let game slip away to MetsJun 30, 2016 10:48 am - The month of June had not even started when Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon was asked about an old - and irrelevant - subject: the so-called June swoon, or that old mala...
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Mashinter, Rozsival get one-year deals with Chicago BlackhawksJun 30, 2016 10:47 am - The Blackhawks came to terms with forward Brandon Mashinter and defenseman Michal Rozsival on Thursday to one-year contracts. Reports have Mashinter's deal at $600,000 a...
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Judge hopes to name Van Dyke special prosecutor by AugustJun 30, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge says he hopes to name a special prosecutor by Aug. 4 in the case of a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a ...
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New York architects to design Obama library in ChicagoJun 30, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Barack Obama's presidential library on Chicago's South side will be designed by a New York architectural firm that designed the David Logan Center for the...
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Illinois jury awards 12-year-old $53M in birth injury caseJun 30, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A jury's $53 million award in a birth injury case set a Cook County record this week, but won't necessarily be the final word after University of Chicago ...
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Emanuel says Chicago schools will open on time this fallJun 30, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the partial budget passed by the Illinois Legislature will relieve financial pressures on the city's public schools and wi...
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Art Institute adds painting by 16th century Italian masterJun 30, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Art Institute of Chicago has acquired a newly rediscovered work from a 16th century painter. The painting is titled "Christ Carrying the Cross." It wa...