Articles filed under Chicago
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Cargill donates $1 mil to Chicago anti-hunger groupFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- The Chicago-based Global FoodBanking Network says it will use a $1 million gift from agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. to feed children overseas. The anti-...
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Former Chicago alderman gets 4 years in prisonFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - A former Chicago alderman has been sentenced to four years for taking thousands of dollars in payoffs and campaign money from developers who wanted zoning changes and ot...
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ComEd cutting back, but no plans to reduce workforceFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - ComEd said Tuesday it's being forced to weather its own financial storm and plans to reduce costs by roughly $200 million due to a decrease in new construction, fewer th...
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Kip Lewis joins broadcast staff at Comcast SportsNetFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Comcast SportsNet in Chicago has hired veteran sportscaster Kip Lewis as its newest on-air talent member for the network's nightly sports news program, SportsNite. Lewis...
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Teen struck, killed by Amtrak trainFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Police say a 14-year-old Chicago boy was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Lansing. Officers arrived at the Canadian National Railway tracks Sunday evening to find...
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Air France delays Boeing, Airbus plane deliveriesFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Air France-KLM Group, Europe's biggest airline, is postponing deliveries of six Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. planes to reduce spending because of the global slump in air tr...
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Obama shoots hoops with friends at U of C campusFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - President Barack Obama dropped by the University of Chicago campus for two hours of basketball with friends. Obama, who's spending a long weekend in his hometown, headed...
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Man accused of stabbing woman, girlFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities in Chicago say they have charged a man with stabbing his former girlfriend and her daughter at their home on the city's northwest side. The attack occurred s...
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Can't Dodge this economic bulletFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Trust me with your money, Chrysler President Jim Press asked a tough crowd of Economic Club of Chicago members Thursday. But it's not clear if the audience was buying hi...
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Police reportsFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Carpentersville • Police arrested a Chicago teen at the Fox View Apartments Thursday morning after a report that a drug deal was going to take place there. Ashley Garret...