Articles filed under Chicago
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Former lawmaker Lechowicz dies at 70Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Illinois state lawmaker Thaddeus S. "Ted" Lechowicz has died at his home in suburban Chicago at age 70. His daughter, Laura Lechowicz Felicione, told the Chicago...
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Appeals court OKs Chicago traffic camerasJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A ruling by a federal appeals court will allow the city of Chicago to expand the use mounted cameras to photograph cars that run red lights. The 7th Circuit U.S. Court o...
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Suburban real estate CEO found deadJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - The chairman and chief executive officer of a Chicago-based real estate firm was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday in Kane County, police sai...
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General Growth settles L.A. lawsuit for $48 millionJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - General Growth Corp., the second- largest U.S. shopping mall owner, said it will pay $48 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by a developer that had accused it of inter...
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Alderman's father gets 4 years for false documentsJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A Chicago alderman's father has been sentenced to four years in prison for taking thousands of photos used in making false Social Security cards and drivers licenses. El...
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Workers who staged sit-in take further actionJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A union representing Chicago workers whose recent factory sit-in drew national attention are taking new action against the now-bankrupt company. United Electrical Worker...
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Exonerated inmate gets $6.5 million in settlementJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - An exonerated death-row inmate who claims Chicago police tortured him can collect $6.5 million more from a lawsuit settlement because he wasn't indicted in a new investi...
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Charges filed in shooting of police officerJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Bail has been denied a 20-year-old Indiana man accused of shooting to death a Metra police officer a little over two years ago. Jeremy Lloyd was being held in Cook Count...
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Leo Burnett settles Army billing case for $15.5 millionJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Leo Burnett Co., the Chicago-based advertising firm, agreed to a $15.5 million settlement of claims it overbilled the U.S. Army for work on the "Army of One" recruiting ...
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Ex-Boeing worked sentenced in Chinook vandalismJan 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Boeing Co. employee Matthew Montgomery was sentenced to five months in prison for vandalizing a Chinook military helicopter on the assembly line of a plant near P...