Articles filed under Chicago
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Swine flu fears close schools in Kane, Cook countiesApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago area became part of an international epidemic Wednesday, as officials found the first nine probable cases of swine flu in Illinois. But the patients, ages 6 ...
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Sears Tower plot juror excusedApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Deliberations in the terrorism case against six Miami men accused of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower have stalled until a judge decides whether to rep...
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Ethics advocate urges Illinoisans to back reformApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A former federal prosecutor and chairman of an Illinois reform commission said Wednesday that Illinoisans should put any fear of bold action aside and back reform legisl...
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Officials round up Chicago rattlesnakesApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Officials are collecting the Chicago area's remaining rattlesnakes as part of an emergency species survival effort. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Illinois Depar...
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Ex-Chicago alderman Kenner dies at 76Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Tyrone Kenner, a former Chicago alderman convicted of taking bribes, has died at age 76. Kenner's daughter, Renee Kenner-Clay, says he died of complications from diabete...
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Tribune to pay Zell's legal billsApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. says it'll pay the legal bills of chairman and chief executive Sam Zell related to a federal corruption investigation into former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Tribu...
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Judge expected to rule on Burge subpoenaApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - A judge is set to rule on whether a former Chicago police commander can be subpoenaed to testify at a hearing on an inmate's petition to get his murder conviction overtu...
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Northern Trust prices 15 mil shares at $50 eachApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Northern Trust Corp. began offering $750 million in shares, valued 9.1 percent less than yesterday's closing, as it sought to raise capital to repay government rescue-fu...
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Fed court revives rendition lawsuit against BoeingApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court has ruled that a subsidiary of Chicago-based Boeing can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons to be ...
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Exelon may form independent transmission companyApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp., the U.S. utility owner and power generator that's being rebuffed in its bid to acquire NRG Energy Inc., said it may form an independent transmission compan...