Articles filed under Chicago
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Teen pleads guilty to pretending to be Chicago copJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - A 15-year-old boy accused of pretending to be a Chicago police officer and later parading as a grown-up to steal a car from a dealership has pleaded guilty in both inci...
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O'Hare Starbucks closed because of fliesJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago officials say a Starbucks Coffee shop at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal Two has been closed because workers failed to eliminate the flies that had been ...
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Chicago to layoff workers without union agreementJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago officials say they must resort to laying off 1,500 workers because union leaders haven't agreed to proposed cost-saving measures. According to a news release Fri...
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Local army band to perform at downtown July 3rd concertJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The 85th Army Band based in Arlington Heights has performed for a handful of people at places like retirement homes and for thousands at festivals in Salt Lake City and ...
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Brotherhood of the traveling jeans launching 'world tour'Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Most parents have probably complained to their teenagers for wearing the same pair of jeans for a week straight or more. But what about wearing the same pair for a whole...
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Chicago officer charged in sex assaultJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Authorities say a Chicago police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting an underage family member. Forty-three-year-old William Greenwood was being held Thurs...
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Bolster energy bill vs. Big Oil, pollutersJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a bill that will fire the starting gun in the race to build America's...
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Blagojevich family reunites via computerJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Members of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's family are thousands of miles apart, but that hasn't prevented them from a brief reunion via the Internet. Patti Blagoj...
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Officer gets 40-months in wheelchair beatingJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago police officer who was caught on videotape repeatedly striking a man who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair has been sentenced to three years and five...
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Kanye West performs at Stay in School benefitJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Hip-hop artist Kanye West returned to his hometown Thursday amid thunderous applause and 3,000 teenagers chanting his name during a private concert for Chicago public sc...