Articles filed under Chicago
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Ex-Cook Co. worker gets 4 years for stealing moneyApr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A former Cook County financial manager has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from a federal job training progra...
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Attorney convicted of bringing drugs to inmateApr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago attorney has been convicted of bringing drugs to an inmate at the Cook County Jail. The Cook County State's Attorney's office says 35-year-old Nathan Billmaier...
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Mount Prospect priest diesApr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A Mount Prospect parish priest who tended to the spiritual needs of Catholics throughout the Chicago area has died. The Rev. Ralph Mollan spent the last nine years of ac...
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Transit agencies push for capital bucksApr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Peeling paint, shelters with holes in the ceiling, rusty equipment, 113-year-old stations - Regional Transit Authority leaders put their worst foot forward during a tour...
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Witness speaks from behind wall at mob trialApr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A witness in the trial of a deputy U.S. marshal accused of leaking secrets in a major organized crime investigation testified in a federal courtroom Friday from behind a...
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Winfrey writes her first 'tweet' liveApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Oprah Winfrey has sent her first "tweet" during a live taping of her television talk show. The audience cheered as Winfrey typed "ASHTON IS NEXT" on a laptop Friday morn...
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Streamwood man takes on acting and teachingApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - David Blancas of Streamwood sees the similarities between teaching and acting. Blancas ought to know. He makes his feature movie debut at the Chicago Latino Film Festiva...
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Brother of reputed mob boss testifiesApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The brother of a reputed mob boss took center stage Thursday at the trial of a U.S. deputy marshal on trial for leaking secrets to organized crime on the same day that a...
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Boeing parks new planes in desert as airlines defer deliveriesApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. has parked two new 777 freighters in the desert for China Southern Airlines Co. because of slumping cargo demand and Air France-KLM Group may mothball a new j...
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Three more not guilty pleas in Blagojevich caseApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Two of the state's most high-profile political power brokers pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they aided Gov. Rod Blagojevich in an alleged corruption scheme. Repu...