Articles filed under Chicago
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Boeing plane deliveries fall 15 percent in 2008Jan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Boeing Co.'s airplane deliveries and orders fell in 2008 as a strike temporarily halted its commercial aircraft operations and airlines grounded planes and reduced flyin...
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Bail set for man arrested at O'Hare with gunJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - A Cook County judge has set bail at $75,000 for an Indiana man arrested for trying to bring a gun through security at O'Hare International Airport. Forty-seven-year-old ...
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Move leaves homeless shelter brokeJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Officials of the Chicago Christian Industrial League say they can't afford to operate the organization's new $25 million shelter. Chicago's oldest homeless shelter left ...
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Tribune Co. may pick Cubs buyer by week's endJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Tribune Co. asked the three finalists bidding for the Chicago Cubs to refine their proposals and may pick a winner as soon as this week, according to two people familiar...
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Report: CPS spent $67,000 on cappuccino machinesJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - An inspector's report shows Chicago Public Schools employees bent district rules to spend $67,000 for espresso machines that largely haven't been used. The nation's thir...
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Chicago mayor going to feds for fundsJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he will make an end-run around state government when it comes to seeking the city's share of the economic stimulus plan being crafted by...
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Judge sets sentencings in Family Secrets mob caseJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - A federal judge has set sentencing dates for five men convicted in September 2007 at Chicago's Operation Family Secrets mob trial. They were convicted of a decades-long ...
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Boeing expected to post fewer deliveries for 2008Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago-based Boeing's deliveries of passenger jets nose took a dive last fall as a strike froze the company's commercial aircraft factories. And that disruption is expe...
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Economic woes hurt Field MuseumJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - The sharp drop of the stock market last year resulted in a 30 percent decrease in the size of the Field Museum's endowment. Museum president John McCarter said Tuesday b...
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3 children killed in apartment fireJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Investigators in Chicago are trying to figure out what caused a fire that left three young children dead. Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez says firefigh...