Articles filed under Chicago
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As suburbs grow, Muslim population booms, tooAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It was only 17 years ago when the first mosque opened in Naperville, now a community of 145,000 people. Like the city, its Muslim population grew in leaps and bounds. A ...
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Teen charged with robbing, burning Chicago womanAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Police have charged a teenage girl with throwing a caustic substance into the face of 48-year-old Chicago woman. Chicago police say they tracked the 16-year-old girl to ...
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Man fatally shot by Chicago policeAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say a Chicago Police officer shot and killed a man who reportedly confronted him with a firearm on the city's southwest side. Officer John Henry of the Chica...
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Man injured trying to slide down theater railingAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Even after more than 30 years, fans are still falling for Steely Dan. It happened Saturday night in Chicago, when a man trying to slide down a stairwell railing fell two...
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Murder charges in off-duty police officer's deathAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A mortally wounded off-duty Chicago police detective managed to call 911 on his cell phone and later tell officers at the scene that he and a real estate agent had been ...
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Thousands pay respects to comedy king Bernie MacAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As Cedric the Entertainer scanned the crowd of more than 6,000 gathered on Chicago's South Side to remember Bernie Mac on Saturday, he cracked that the comedy king was "...
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No joke: Bill Murray leaps 13,000 feet to beachAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Bill Murray landed in Chicago on Friday like he never had before -- by jumping from an airplane 13,500 feet up. The 57-year-old actor took several deep breaths before s...
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Tribune cuts 14 percent of news staffAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Chicago Tribune carried out its plan to trim 14 percent of newsroom staff on Friday, as the Tribune Co.'s flagship paper moves to save $8.8 million in an...
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Airlines help military personnelAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - United Airlines Friday said it would provide complimentary access to its planes' Economy Plus seating area and the ability to check up to three bags free of charge for m...
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Lawyer posts addresses of priests in abuse lawsuitsAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - A lawyer has posted addresses and phone numbers online of several priests named in sexual abuse lawsuits that the Archdiocese of Chicago settled for $12.7 million. Minne...