Articles filed under Chicago
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South Side Irish parade scrapped for 2010Mar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The South Side Irish Parade will not be held next year, according to the planning committee. "This decision was not arrived at lightly," according to a statement release...
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Daley apologizes for hiring fraudMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is apologizing for the hiring fraud that led to the conviction in federal court of his former streets and sanitation commissioner. Reading fr...
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Fmr. Chicago official found guilty of hiring fraudMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago's former streets and sanitation commissioner was convicted Monday of using bogus documents and other fraudulent acts in a scheme to load the city payroll with po...
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Fire-damaged casino hopes to open within 90 daysMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Owners of the fire-damaged Empress Casino in Joliet say they hope to reopen within 90 days. But a spokesman for the Wyomissing, Pa.-based parent company of Empress, Penn...
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Daley says he's 'sorry' about hiring abusesMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Mayor Richard M. Daley said the conviction of a former streets and sanitation commissioner did not reflect well on Chicago. "I want to say to the people of Chicago that ...
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Nearly 70 dogs found in alleged puppy millMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Authorities have removed up to 70 puppies from a home on Chicago's South Side, where police say some animals were stuffed into bird cages and living without food and wat...
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V.A. official to plead guilty to conspiracyMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - A Veterans Affairs official who ran a pharmacy in the Chicago suburbs has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud. William Brandt was the associate director ...
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Chicago-based Unitrin to exit car-loan business, dismiss employeesMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Unitrin Inc. the Chicago-based insurer that makes subprime car loans, said it will exit the auto-financing business. Unitrin will incur costs of as much as $16 million r...
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State V.A. facilities land $79 mil in stimulus moneyMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal authorities are setting aside $79 million in stimulus money for veterans facilities in Illinois. Congressional leaders say it'll go to six VA hospitals, three ex...
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Maybe that media tour was dress rehearsal? Blago to fill in on WLSMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich certainly isn't acting like a man staring down a federal corruption indictment that could come any day. Whether promoting...