Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago leaders hope Obama will be at IOC meetingMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - DENVER -- The committee trying to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago has invited President Barack Obama to be in Copenhagen for its final presentation but doesn't yet h...
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Gun found in laundry at Cook County Jail facilityMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Officials say an inmate working at a Cook County Jail facility discovered a loaded handgun in a pile of laundry. Jail spokesman Steve Patterson says the .380-caliber sem...
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Playboy Enterprises closing NYC officesMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Playboy Enterprises Inc. is closing its Manhattan office and laying off employees as it struggles with falling advertising revenue and a gloomy economic clim...
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Steve Harvey shifting down the dial to V103Mar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - In what amounts to a little bit of corporate radio shuffling, Clear Channel Communications is shifting Steve Harvey's syndicated morning show from urban-contemporary WGC...
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Man struck by car after falling onto expresswayMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois State Police say a man was fatally struck by a vehicle after falling from an overpass on an expressway just west of downtown Chicago. Officers say the man fell ...
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Ex-Chicago official found guilty of hiring fraudMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A jury says Chicago's former streets and sanitation commissioner is guilty of scheming put political workers on the city payroll. Sixty-one-year-old Al Sanchez showed no...
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Mother offers new reward in 1992 disappearanceMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Nearly 17 years after her daughter disappeared during a night of bar-hopping on Chicago's South Side, 75-year-old Irene Veloz is offering a new reward of $20,000 for any...
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General Growth extends debt deadlineMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc., the U.S. mall owner trying to avoid bankruptcy, extended the deadline for bondholders to agree to new terms for $2.25 billion in debt. Th...
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Julia Hudson says she had no choice but to go onMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The sister of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson says prayer and support from family and friends have helped her go on after the shooting deaths of her mother, brothe...
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Cops: Man tossed fake grenade during chaseMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago police say they have been questioning a man who reportedly tossed a fake grenade during a foot chase in the Roseland neighborhood on the city's far South Side. T...