Articles filed under Chicago
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Charges against 2 Chicago officers droppedFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Cook County prosecutors have dropped all charges against two Chicago police officers accused of robbing homes while members of a special operations unit focused on gangs...
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Officials: Oil cleaned from Des Plaines RiverFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - ROCKDALE -- Wildlife officials say an oil spill along the Des Plaines River in suburban Chicago has been cleaned up. Edward Karecki is an environmental contaminant speci...
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Chicago, Tokyo hand bid books over to IOCFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Chicago and Tokyo submitted their official bid books to the International Olympic Committee on Thursday for the 2016 Summer Games. Madrid and Ri...
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White supremacist wants to move trial from ChicagoFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Attorneys for an avowed white supremacist from Virginia charged with threatening a juror said Wednesday they will ask to have the trial moved out of Chicago to avoid pot...
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Group: Deaths show Tinley Park center should closeFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Advocates for disabled citizens worry that politics and union influence will derail plans to close a troubled suburban Chicago center for people with deve...
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Charges filed in Cook County inmate's deathFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say a man has been charged in the beating death of his cellmate at the Cook County Jail. David Jamison was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday in the de...
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Man charged with sending threats to Daley, othersFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - A 28-year-old suburban Chicago man has been charged with sending more than 25 threatening letters to Illinois public officials, including former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and...
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Commuters spooked by firecracker in CTA tunnelFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say someone set off a firecracker in a tunnel that connects two Chicago Transit Authority underground train lines, sending spooked commuters scrambling for t...
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Ex-priest gets 25 years for sex abuseFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - A former Roman Catholic priest convicted of taking a boy on religious retreats to have sex with him has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Donald McGuire of Oak Lawn ...
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Oak Brook man, WexTrust founder charged in $9.2 mil Ponzi schemeFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Steven Byers, the co-founder of real-estate investment firm WexTrust Capital LLC, was jailed yesterday on charges that he conspired to cheat investors out of $9.2 millio...