Articles filed under Chicago
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20 Cook Co. inmates charged in phone scamNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Twenty Cook County Jail inmates are accused of letting their fingers do the walking -- illegally, and authorities say their telephone skills have now gotten them in even...
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Obama names social secretaryNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The chief of online community development for Allstate Financial will oversee social planning at the White House after Barack Obama takes office. The presi...
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USG stock soars as Berkshire buys debtNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - USG Corp. rose the most in four years in New York trading after billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to buy $300 million in debt from Nor...
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So far, we haven't seen much changeNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - It is often said that you can judge a persons character by those he associates with. I wonder if that holds true with politicians. Another cliché is that politics make s...
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Winfrey wants suit over abuse remarks droppedNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Oprah Winfrey wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by the ex-headmistress of her girls school in South Africa. Nomvuyo Mzamane is suing Wi...
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Boeing Chinook, Osprey production still on holdNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Boeing Co. production of CH-47 Chinook helicopters and V-22 Osprey tiltrotor planes remains halted today at a Pennsylvania plant as the Defense Department probes how a p...
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It's time for Cubs to retire No. 31Nov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Hopefully, the Cubs the will take the Blackhawks' lead of retiring a jersey number for two legendary players. The Blackhawks retired No. 3 for Pierre Pilote and Keith Ma...
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Saint's arm bone in ChicagoNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - An arm bone from the United States' first Roman Catholic saint has been moved to a new temporary home in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Parishioners at the Shrin...
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Nuveen to buy Winslow CapitalNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Nuveen Investments Inc., the Chicago-based asset manager that was taken private last year, agreed to acquire Winslow Capital Management to add more growth- stock funds. ...
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3rd lawsuit claims election-night police abuseNov 22, 2008 10:00 pm - A third lawsuit claims Chicago police harassed black residents cheering President-elect Barack Obama's win. The city's independent agency that investigates claims of pol...