Articles filed under Chicago
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Group seeks help selling Chicago for OlympicsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Raising their international profiles has provided long-term economic benefits for the last several Olympic host cities, particularly those of the Summer Games. That's th...
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Chicago woman charged with kidnapping girlNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A 44-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with kidnapping after a 3-year-old girl was captured on tape being led away from a Northwest Side store. Chicago police say ...
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Charges dropped in nightclub stampedeNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - More than a year after a judge acquitted three men of criminal charges in a 2003 nightclub stampede that left 21 people dead, prosecutors on Wednesday dismissed the same...
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Tribune's rating cut by S&P on concern over Cubs saleNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Tribune Co., the newspaper publisher and broadcaster taken private by billionaire Sam Zell, had its debt rating cut two levels to CCC by Standard & Poor's, which said th...
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Bail set for Chicago woman on kidnapping chargeNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A judge has set bail at $750,000 for a Chicago woman charged with trying to kidnap a 3-year-old girl from a store on the city's Northwest Side. Chicago police say 44-yea...
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Vrdolyak has to pay $6,000 in jury expensesNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A judge has ordered a former Chicago alderman who suddenly pleaded guilty in a real estate kickback case to pay nearly $6,000, the cost of bringing dozens of prospective...
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General Growth stock fallsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc., the second-largest U.S. shopping mall owner, fell the most ever in New York trading after saying it may seek bankruptcy protection if pla...
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Former Ryan prosecutors reunitedNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Patrick Collins and Joel Levin are getting the old band back together. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Collins, the Lisle native who successfully prosecuted former G...
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Search continues for missing Chicago teenNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - The search continues for a 15-year-old Chicago girl who vanished after she was seen heading off to high school, and a local resident has offered a $10,000 reward. Tisha ...
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Ready to access the Web through power lines?Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- IBM Corp. is throwing its considerable weight behind an idea that seemed to have faded: broadband Internet access delivered over ordinary power lines. The te...