Articles filed under Chicago
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Vehicle involved in fatal hit-and-run found in Spring GroveAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Kenosha County sheriff's officials are looking for the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that may have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident involving two bicyclis...
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Daley says politics won't taint layoffsAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite a history of political hiring, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is scoffing at a federal hiring monitor's demand for guarantees the threatened layoff of city employee...
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Chicago Chefs Hall of Fame welcomes Rick BaylessAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Award-winning chef and television personality Rick Bayless will be inducted into the Chicago Culinary Museum and Chefs Hall of Fame later this month. "It is a great hono...
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Surprised cargo screening conducted at O'HareAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal officials have tested a mobile X-ray machine capable of screening the contents of large cargo containers to check trucks entering O'Hare International Airport. T...
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Lawsuit: Illinois school funding is unconstitutionalAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The Chicago Urban League is challenging Illinois' school funding system. The group filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday in Cook County against the state and the Illino...
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Police: Chicago man burned by former tenantAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Police say the elderly landlord of an apartment building on Chicago's South Side has been hospitalized after being doused with gasoline and set on fire by a former tenan...
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40 years ago, the whole world was watchingAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Marty Gleason doesn't go to political conventions anymore. "They're awfully dull, and nothing happens," the 77-year-old DuPage resident said. Of course, as a key player...
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Filling Emil Jones' seat with his sonAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Emil Jones III must be a graduate of the Stroger-Lipinski graduate school of political dynasties. At least, Daley ran for office and was defeated once before he assumed...
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First class schools for all childrenAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - It is so disappointing that many of our local elected officials discredit the proposed Sept. 2 Chicago Public School boycott - even though they acknowledge the pathetic ...
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Officials: 3.1 million watched air showAug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago's estimate of the number of people that attended its annual Air & Water Show over the weekend may invite a little skepticism. City organizers said 3....