Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago aldermen approve $6 bil budgetNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Aldermen have approved Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's $6.2 billion budget amid worries over the economy. The budget, approved 49-1 on Wednesday, calls for as many as 635 ...
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Family of drowning victim sues school, YMCANov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The mother of a Chicago teen who drowned at a leadership retreat last week has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the parties that sponsored the retreat. The lawsuit...
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Dentist gets 3 years for laundering moneyNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A downtown Chicago dentist has been sentenced to three years and a month in federal prison for laundering money for an interstate prostitution ring. Dr. Gary Kimmel admi...
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Transit leaders seek help from CongressNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ Leaders from 11 transit agencies, including the Chicago Transit Authority, pleaded with Congress for help Tuesday as long-term financing deals with investor...
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Smashing Pumpkins' deafening homecomingNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Billy Corgan is lucky that local Smashing Pumpkins fans remain as loyal as they are. After all, not many alternative rock acts can return with a new album seven years af...
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Boeing to slash 800 jobs at Kansas facilityNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Boeing Co. will lay off about 27 percent of its workers at a facility in Wichita, Kan., due to the delay of a U.S. Air Force tanker replacement program and the end of ot...
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Chicago officer corruption trial under wayNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The corruption trial of a former Chicago police officer has gotten under way with a prosecutor saying the defendant and his partner "used the power of their badges and t...
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Cuban's SEC suit may cut price for Cubs, analyst saysNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Tribune Co. may get less from the sale of the Chicago Cubs after U.S. regulators sued bidder Mark Cuban for insider trading this week, according to a credit analyst. Cub...
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Vote on anti-bullying Chicago high school delayedNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - In a surprise move, planners for a proposed high school touted as a haven for gay and bullied youth seeking refuge from sometimes hostile traditional classrooms pulled t...
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S&P cuts rating on Citadel's top hedge fundsNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Citadel Investment Group LLC, the Chicago-based investment firm run by Kenneth Griffin, had the counterparty rating for its two biggest hedge funds cut by Standard & Poo...