Articles filed under Chicago
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State workers in trouble for looking up Obama infoDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO - Officials say nine Illinois Secretary of State employees face suspension because they looked up President-elect Barack Obama's street address in state records....
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Police union to pay legal bills of Jon BurgeDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The union representing Chicago's police officers will help pay the legal bills of a former detective commander who faces federal charges of lying about torturing prisone...
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Outside Art center focusing on Lee GodieDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago is well known for its odd characters that you may stumble across as you wander the streets, but Lee Godie was a character that stood above the rest. Godie, a sel...
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13-year prison sentence for not testifyingDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - An uncooperative witness in a 2007 murder case has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for refusing to testify during the trial. Cook County Circuit Judge Dennis Dernba...
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Man pleads guilty to shooting at commuter trainDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A man Chicago man has pleaded guilty in federal court to shooting at a Metra train engineer last summer as part of a murder-for-hire plot. In entering the guilty plea We...
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Judge: Drug case against Harvey cop can go forwardDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A judge in Chicago has upheld charges against a former police officer from the suburb of Harvey who's charged with agreeing to ride shotgun on a cocaine deal. Archie Sta...
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United plans 1,100 more furloughs on its way to 7,000Dec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS _ United Airlines plans to furlough 1,088 workers at bases around the country, according to layoff notices and the unions that represent the workers. The nat...
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R & B singer's nephew charged in robberyDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - R & B singer R. Kelly's nephew has been indicted for allegedly shooting a barbershop owner during a failed robbery in a south Chicago suburb. Prosecutors in Cook County ...
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Appeals court upholds $156M terrorism verdictDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a $156 million judgment against three U.S.-based Islamic groups accused of bankrolling terrorism in a civil suit that was wid...
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Amtrak drops opposition to EJ&E saleDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Amtrak has dropped its opposition to the hotly debated sale of a suburban Chicago railway line even as a dispute emerges over a track through Illinois' capital, where an...