Articles filed under Chicago
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Some 300 graves tampered with at Burr Oak CemeteryJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Prosecutors on Thursday charged three gravediggers and a manager in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near Chicag...
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Chicago woman among 11 arrested at Mount Rushmore banner incidentJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Environmentalists using park service rock anchors scaled Mount Rushmore on Wednesday and unfurled a banner along President Abraham Lincoln's face ch...
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Nationwide manhunt catches local fugitivesJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The fugitives hid under beds, in closets, or ran out the back door. But law enforcement was there to catch them - a record 35,000 times last month. That's the number of ...
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Chicago personnel chief resignsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's personnel chief says he has turned in his resignation -- less than two weeks after independent Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman accu...
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NRG Energy turns down Exelon's revised offerJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - PRINCETON, N.J. -- NRG Energy Inc. said Wednesday that it has turned down Exelon Corp.'s revised hostile takeover bid of $8 billion in stock because it undervalues the b...
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PrivateBancorp speeds growth after buying failed bankJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - PrivateBancorp's purchase of the failed Founders Bank last week gives the lender an expanded roster of commercial customers and a branch network in Chicago's suburbs, wh...
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Attorney General drops charges against 2 former Burge suspectsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Two men will go free after spending nearly two decades in jail based on evidence gathered by detectives under the supervision of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burg...
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Cavalia the Cirque du Soleil of equestrian artsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Equine extravaganza Cavalia does for equestrian arts what Cirque du Soleil did for the circus arts. Founded by Normand Latourelle, a co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, Cava...
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AT&T expects to close on Midwest wireless acquisition in 3QJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- AT&T Inc. said Wednesday that it expects to close on its $944 million acquisition of wireless and broadband service provider Centennial Communications Corp. du...
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Daley defends police efforts to stem violenceJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - In the wake of a bloody July 4th weekend, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is defending the efforts of the city's police department to reduce violence. Daley said Tuesday, lo...