Articles filed under Chicago
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'Holidays' a family affair on Humboldt Park movie setDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Three of Hollywood's most respected Hispanic movie stars - Elizabeth Pena, Luis Guzman and Freddy Rodriguez - swear they had their best time ever on a movie set when the...
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Tribune bankruptcy buys time to fix financesDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy filing gives the struggling newspaper and television station owner time to put its finances in order, and complete the difficult tas...
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Bank of America extends credit to resolve factory sit-inDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Bank of America says it will extend credit to a Chicago window and door manufacturer whose workers have occupied the factory for five days. The bank says it's willing to...
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Chicago workers on day 5 of sit-in protestDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The nation's grim economy now has a rallying point: Employees at a window-and-door factory that went out of business have taken over the building in a siege that has com...
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Chicago reaches deal to buy Olympic Village siteDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Organizers for Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics have reached an agreement to buy a former hospital campus they intend to transform into an Olympic Village. Chicag...
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More are getting away with murderDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Despite the rise of DNA fingerprinting and other "CSI"-style crime-fighting wizardry, more and more people in this country are getting away with murder. FBI figures revi...
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Chicago workers' sit-in becomes rallying pointDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday ordered state agencies to stop doing business with Bank of America to pressure the company to help laid-off workers who are staging a sit-...
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Obama: Workers staging sit-in 'absolutely right'Dec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama is weighing in on behalf of workers staging a sit-in on the factory floor of their former Chicago employer to protest abruptly losing their ...
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Gov. jumps at chance to join sit-inDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday ordered state agencies to stop doing business with Bank of America to pressure the company to help laid-off workers who are staging a sit-...
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Chicago beating case still clouds police imageDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - More than a year after he last wore a badge and months after his boss said he wanted him fired, a policeman videotaped beating a female bartender remains the best-known ...