Articles filed under Chicago
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More state money wanted for Olympic bidMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Supporters of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games are asking the state of Illinois to increase its financial guarantee of the event. The Olympic bid team wants the ...
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26 Chicago students killed this school yearMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - With about three months left in the current school year, the number of Chicago Public School students slain has reached 26, matching the total for all of last school yea...
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Chicago snack maker buys plant in ArkansasMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - SEARCY, Ark. -- With no room to expand its Chicago bakery, a snack-maker said Thursday it would open a new production line in an old Maytag plant at Searcy and hire 250 ...
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Man accused of impersonating firefighter in Lake County incidentMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Island Lake police say Robert Rozycki of River Grove went to great lengths to woo a woman. Rozycki, 32, of the 3000 block of Paris Avenue, bought her roses and bragged a...
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Mother of Hall of Famer Ernie Banks dies at 97Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Essie Banks, the mother of baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, is dead at age 97. Mrs. Banks died Monday of complications from a stroke at a Dallas nursing home. Accordi...
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Ex-cop who worked for mob faces 15-20 yearsMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A former Chicago police officer accused of joining forces with the mob and collecting loan shark debts and extortion payments could be sentenced to as much as two decade...
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N.Y. emergency landing for Chicago-bound planeMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Engine failure forced a Chicago-bound American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport just minutes after takeoff Wednesday. No one w...
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Spotlight's on student films at Prairie Center festMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - At age 11, Peter Gundling of Lake Forest already has won awards at film festivals across the country and met some of his heroes - Steven Spielberg, Art Clokey and Harol...
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O'Hare-bound plane makes emergency landing in N.Y.Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Engine failure forced a Chicago-bound American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport just minutes after takeoff Wednesday. No one wa...
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Daley says he took ride on charity's private jetMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Mayor Richard Daley says he accepted flights "once or twice" from a nonprofit company under investigation by the IRS and Congress. Daley's spokeswoman Jacquelyn Heard sa...