Articles filed under Chicago
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Senate will get to hear tapes of talks between Burris, Blago's brotherMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee can listen to a phone conversation between former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother and U.S. Sen. Roland Burris secretly recorded by the FB...
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Will, Grundy counties form major crimes task forceMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Some of the Midwest's highest-profile unsolved crimes -- including the disappearance of Stacy Peterson and the slayings of five women in a clothing store -- may be inves...
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Judge allows claim against General GrowthMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc., the mall owner that filed the biggest real-estate bankruptcy in U.S. history, may face a claim by Kern River Gas Transmission Co., a fede...
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Boeing lowers financing targetsMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. may not need to provide the full $1 billion in direct customer financing budgeted for this year and doesn’t expect to have to fund much more than that next ...
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The bus now accepts tokens, fare cards ... and cell phones?May 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Imagine taking a trip on a Chicago bus, subway or train without having to buy or punch a physical ticket. The Regional Transportation Authority says it's looking into ho...
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Does old photo link Al Capone to Chicago mayor?May 25, 2009 11:00 pm - WEDRON -- A Chicago professor thinks he has finally gotten the goods on Chicago Mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson and Al "Scarface" Capone. His key piece of evidenc...
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Harris Bank parent cuts jobs as profit falls on loansMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Bank of Montreal, the first Canadian bank to report second-quarter results, cut about 1,100 jobs after reporting its biggest profit decline in seven years. The stock soa...
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Vaccine refusal boosts kids' whooping cough risksMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Children who don't get shots to prevent whooping cough are 23 times more likely to get the disease than vaccinated kids, a Colorado study suggests. The results are espec...
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Chicago resident dies of swine fluMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago resident became the first person in Illinois to die of swine flu, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Monday. It was the nation's 12th confirmed ...
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New signs urge tollway drivers to pay upMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is testing a new advertising campaign in an effort to get more people to pay skipped tolls before fines kick in....