Articles filed under Chicago
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Dog lovers seek to adopt rescued puppiesMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Dog lovers have rushed to animal shelters around Chicago in hopes of adopting 67 puppies that were rescued from a puppy mill. Bradley Block of Chicago Animal Care and Co...
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Star witness at mob trial gets 12 yearsMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A mob killer reaped the benefits of ratting out his brethren Thursday, receiving a sentence of 12 years and 4 months for 14 murders - several of them committed in the su...
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Agency: Chicago cops justified in shooting teenMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority says officers were justified in fatally shooting an 18-year-old man in 2007 after he pointed a gun at them. In a 36-page re...
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Star witness at mob trial due for sentencingMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Admitted mob hit man Nicholas Calabrese -- the star witness at Chicago's biggest mob trial in decades -- is due to come up for sentencing Thursday. The 66-year-old Calab...
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Tribune, L.A. Times combine foreign operationsMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times are combining their international reporting operations as their corporate parent tries to save money while reorganizing in bank...
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Chicago 2016 gives glimpse planMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Organizers of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games lifted the curtain a bit Tuesday on what they'll show members of the International Olympic Committee when they com...
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Annual Race to Wrigley charity run on April 25Mar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The fourth annual "Race to Wrigley," a popular 5K run (chip-timed) and 5K fun run that starts and finishes at Wrigley Field, will be held April 25. The races begin at 8 ...
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One of Shedd's whales ailing at Tacoma zooMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - TACOMA, Wash. -- An 8-year-old beluga whale at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma is sick, and experts are trying to learn the cause. General Curator Karen Go...
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Rod Blagojevich, media star: 2-hour stint on WLS used to attack QuinnMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - WLS 890-AM turned its airwaves over to Rod Blagojevich for a couple hours Wednesday, as the disgraced former governor filled in for vacationing radio talk show hosts and...
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Indictments unveiled in mortgage fraud stingMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - A lawyer, a tax-preparer and the owner of a mortgage brokerage are among more than a dozen people rounded up in what federal officials describe as a major crackdown on m...