Articles filed under Chicago
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11 sickened by carbon monoxide leakJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say high carbon monoxide levels caused by a faulty furnace at a Chicago Boys and Girls Club sent 11 teenagers to area hospitals. Fire Chief Joe Roccasalva sa...
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Daley names new Chicago schools CEOJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Chicago's public school system has a new CEO. Mayor Richard Daley has named Chicago Transit Authority President Ron Huberman as the new chief executive of the...
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Northern Trust hires ING's Browne as investing chiefJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Northern Trust Corp., the Chicago-based custody bank, named ING Investment Management executive Robert P. Browne its chief investment officer. Browne replaces Orie L. Du...
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Hudson slayings suspect can move jailsJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - The man accused of killing three of actress Jennifer Hudson's relatives can be moved to a Chicago jail to make it easier for his attorney to meet with him. That's the ru...
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Obama suitmaker gets bailout loanJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Hartmarx Corp., the bankrupt clothier that reportedly made the suit worn by President Barack Obama at his inauguration, won court approval to start using $160 million in...
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McGraw-Hill predicts sales dropJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - McGraw-Hill Cos., the owner of Standard & Poor's, said revenue will drop as much as 2 percent this year as a decline in borrowing reduces demand for the division's credi...
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Reputed mobster gets 20 years in Family Secrets caseJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - One of five reputed mobsters convicted at the government's landmark Family Secrets trial has been sentenced to 20 years by a judge who called the punishment lenient in v...
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Teen pleads not guilty to impersonating officerJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - A 14-year-old boy accused of impersonating a police officer and going on patrol for five hours has pleaded not guilty. The teenager appeared in a Chicago juvenile courtr...
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Boeing gets stealth aircraft patentJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago-based Boeing Co. received a U.S. patent for a system and method of making an aircraft engine less detectable to infrared detection equipment. Boeing's patent 7,4...
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3rd trial looms for alleged Sears Tower plottersJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- Federal prosecutors will try for a third time to persuade jurors that six men from an impoverished Miami neighborhood were a blossoming al-Qaida cell bent on de...