Articles filed under Chicago
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Boeing union urges strike vote at Kansas plantMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - WICHITA, Kan. -- Union leaders at the Boeing Co.'s military aircraft plant in Kansas want engineers to reject the company's contract offer and authorize a strike. Negoti...
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Guilty verdict in 2006 shooting of Chicago girlMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - A jury has convicted a 22-year-old Chicago man for gunning down and killing a 10-year-old girl in 2006 as she celebrated at her birthday party. Cook County state's attor...
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Daleys, Daschle took ride on charity's private jetMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - A non-profit company under investigation by the IRS and Congress flew Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and his wife, Maggie, to Singapore on its corporate jet. While spokesma...
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Chicago board wants mail-in special electionsMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The Chicago Board of Elections unanimously recommended Wednesday shifting to a mail-in system for single office special elections, saying such a system would lower expen...
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Several hundred pounds of pot seizedMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Police have seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana found behind a false wall in the basement of a Chicago restaurant. According to authorities, Chicago police and memb...
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Unilever names Shell chief new vice chairMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Unilever, the world's second-largest consumer-products company, said non-executive director Jeroen van der Veer will become vice chairman in May, a month before he steps...
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City hiring called corrupt in Chicago fraud trialMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The hiring fraud trial of Chicago's former streets and sanitation commissioner got under way Wednesday with a federal prosecutor saying city jobs were illegally doled ou...
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Madigan sues drug-testing firm with Blago ties for overbillingMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has sued a Chicago drug-testing company with close ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich for allegedly overbilling the state for wor...
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Quigley wins Democratic nominationMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley bested 11 other Democrats to win his party's nomination Tuesday in a special primary to fill the seat of former U.S. Rep. Rahm Eman...
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Chicago patronage trial under wayMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - The hiring fraud trial of Chicago's former streets and sanitation commissioner got under way Wednesday with a federal prosecutor saying city jobs were illegally doled ou...