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6 charged in alleged Mississippi-to-Chicago gun ringNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Federal agents arrested four men and searched for a fifth in Mississippi on Wednesday on charges of illegally buying guns there and bringing them to Chicago, where stree...
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Playboy posts loss after shedding TV assetsNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Playboy Enterprises Inc., the men's magazine publisher, reported a third-quarter loss after asset sales cut into revenue and ad sales slipped. The net loss of $5.2 milli...
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8 injured in fire engine crashNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities say a crash that sent a Chicago fire engine into the corner of a building on the city's near North Side injured seven people, including five firefighters. Ch...
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Alum gives U of Chicago $300 million for business schoolNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - An alumnus has given the University of Chicago its largest individual donation ever: $300 million for its business school. Dean Edward Snyder said Thursday that the unre...
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General Growth sinks on lower outlook, debt fearsNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The new managers of troubled mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. sought to reassure investors Wednesday that the company plans to sell off properties...
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Chicago rallies to put best face forwardNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - It didn't appear on television, but one of the indelible images from Tuesday's Obama election rally in Grant Park found revelers gathering afterward around the statue of...
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Union woes at Johnson Controls hurts GMNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - General Motors Corp. cut a shift at a Venezuelan automotive plant and Ford Motor Co. may trim production there tomorrow as a labor dispute slows work at supplier Johnson...
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MillerCoors 3Q income rises 15% on cost savingsNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Brewer MillerCoors, the new joint venture between Molson Coors and SABMiller's U.S. unit, announced Wednesday that third quarter net income was 15 percent high...
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Chicago detective dies 7 years after being shotNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - A Chicago police detective who was critically wounded seven years ago while trying to apprehend a suspect has died. Police say 53-year-old Detective Joseph Airhart Jr. d...
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Passenger duct-taped to seat on Chicago-bound flightNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - RALEIGH, North Carolina -- An airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they say she became unruly, fighting flight attendants and grabbing oth...