Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago man charged with defrauding Downers Grove employerApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago man has been charged for defrauding his Downers Grove employer out of $275,000 through a false billing scheme, authorities said. Channa Wick, 43, of 900 North...
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Johnson vows to continue airport fight without GeilsApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson vowed Wednesday to go it alone if need be in the multiyear, multimillion dollar fight against the $15 billion expansion of O'Hare I...
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Not guilty plea in killing of ex-Bear's girlfriendApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago woman pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to fatally shooting the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bears All-Pro safety Shaun Gayle in what prosecutors say w...
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Another Chicago Public Schools student killedApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago Public Schools lost its 32nd student since the start of the school year when a man shot a teenager headed to a dice game. Marquell Blake was a 10th-grader at...
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Boeing wins patent-ingringement claim against NASAApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. may get hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation after winning a patent-infringement claim against NASA over an aluminum alloy used to build the Space...
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IOC panel calls Chicago a 'vibrant' cityApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The chairwoman of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission says members were "most impressed" by what Chicago could offer the Olympics. At a news conf...
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Big shoulders make big impressionApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - It's too bad, as one member of Chicago's Olympics bid committee said, that the International Olympic Committee inspection team couldn't have made its visit to Chicago ju...
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Aon cuts pension matches overseasApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Aon Corp., the world's biggest insurance broker, is reducing matching payments to employee pensions at its U.K. unit as the deepening recession increases pressure on Bri...
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CBOT traders plead not guilty to fraud chargesApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Two Chicago Board of Trade floor traders, accused by U.S. prosecutors of illicitly trading five- year treasury notes to gain more than $2 million at customer expense, to...
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Moving primary an easy reform fixApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Just last week, I called on Illinois legislators to move the 2010 gubernatorial primary from the blistering cold of February - which keeps voters and poll workers away -...