Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago paying to maintain Millennium ParkOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - When Chicago's Millennium Park opened, city officials said a conservancy funded with private donations would be established to maintain the park. Four years after the pa...
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Sweden has solution for economic crisisOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The Swedes faced a similar crisis in the early '90s and managed it by nationalizing the insolvent banks and gaining public equity in them. This had the advantage of wipi...
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Spectators arrested in Chicago courtroom meleeOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Two spectators have been arrested in a Chicago court after getting into a melee with federal marshals. Forty-four-year-old Kimberly Reeves and 43-year-old Jerry Bonds we...
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Northern Trust posts loss on money funds, bailoutsOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Northern Trust Corp. reported a third-quarter loss after the Chicago-based custody bank and asset manager spent $353.2 million to prop up 11 money funds and bail out cl...
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Daley holding firm on budget cutsOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he isn't going to back down on the cuts in his tough-times 2009 budget. Last week, Daley announced a pared down budget designed to cover...
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O'Hare aims at environmentally friendly skiesOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - With its acres of concrete and hundreds of jet-fuel gobbling airplanes passing through every day, O'Hare International Airport isn't a tree-hugger's paradise. But Chicag...
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Off-duty detective shoots robberOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - According to Chicago police, an off-duty detective shot and killed a convicted felon who police say tried to rob him. The Cook County medical examiner's office said 44-y...
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Chicago teachers, clerks accused of fraudOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Six additional Chicago Public Schools employees have been accused of taking part in a payroll scheme that allegedly defrauded the school system out of more than $135,000...
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Unexpected foreclosure help causing unexpected headachesOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Local officials are getting their first whiff of a direct benefit from the federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - and getting a little lightheaded. Congress bur...
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Parts & Labor make noise beautifulOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Parts & Labor, "Receivers" (Jagjaguwar), To enjoy Parts & Labor, one must first be comfortable with noise. In the Brooklyn outfit's unique vision, evocative noise perva...