Articles filed under Chicago
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Union: Latest Boeing talks 'substantive'Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Union negotiators representing Boeing Co. engineers and technical workers call their latest talks with the company "meaningful" and "substantive." And they sa...
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Mexican ministry satisfied with braceros agreementOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry said Thursday that it is satisfied with a multimillion dollar settlement allowing Mexican laborers who were part of a World War II-era ...
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Tribune considers keeping larger share of CubsOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - With concerns over the troubled lending market, Tribune Co. is considering keeping a larger stake in the Chicago Cubs, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. The ...
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Chicago law firms lay off attorneys, staffOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As their corporate clients show the financial strain resulting from the nation's sagging economy, major law firms are beginning to respond with cut backs of staff. Two C...
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Police supt. proposes department changesOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Changes appear to be coming at the Chicago Police Department at a time when murder and other crimes are rising. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Superintendent Jody Weis, w...
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Playboy to cut 55 employeesOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Playboy Enterprises plans to cut 55 employees and eliminate 25 vacant positions. The Chicago-based publishing and entertainment company made the announcement Wednesday ...
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Off-duty police officer killed in crashOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - MATTESON -- An off-duty Chicago police officer is dead after the motorcycle she was driving crashed into a sign. Investigators in the south Chicago suburb of Matteson sa...
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Comedians use sign language to entertain deaf audiencesOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Keith Wann barely uttered a word during his 90-minute stand-up comedy routine in Streamwood this month, and afterward, there was only a smattering of applause. But the a...
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Bail denied teen charged as adultOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Prosecutors say a Chicago teenager charged with murder in the death of an 8th grader warned the boy a few days before the shooting that he was on a "death list." Friends...
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U of C faculty spar over Friedman instituteOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Professors at the University of Chicago are battling over a proposed $200 million research center named for Milton Friedman, the late Nobel-prize economist championed by...