Articles filed under Chicago
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Tribune Co. posts $4.5 billion 2Q lossAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Tribune Co. plunged to a $4.53 billion loss in the second quarter after taking a $3.84 billion charge to write down the book value of its newspaper brands. T...
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Gov's wife gets a new jobAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich is getting a new job. She's expected to start work next month at a a nonprofit Chicago homeless agency that's received more than $2...
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Chicago police officer dies from woundsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - An off-duty police detective, who along with a female friend was found inside a sport-utility vehicle shot several times, has died. Authorities say 49-year-old Robert So...
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Boy rescued from Lake Michigan recoversAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Doctors say a 3-year-old boy who spent 15 minutes underwater after his stroller blew into Lake Michigan has made a "miracle" recovery. Lazar Ognjenovic spent nearly a m...
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Chicago archdiocese pays $12 mil to settle clergy abuse suitsAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The Archdiocese of Chicago said Tuesday it agreed to pay more than $12.6 million to settle lawsuits by 16 people who said they were sexually abuse by priests, and for th...
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Police officer charged with fraudAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Another Chicago police officer has been indicted in connection with a scheme to have his car towed away and declared stolen for insurance money. The U.S. attorney's offi...
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Testing under way of new O'Hare runwayAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a lot of aircraft action over O'Hare International Airport's new runway despite the fact no planes are touching down yet. Federal Aviation Administration pilots ...
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Indiana jail escapee caught in ChicagoAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - GOSHEN, Ind. -- An inmate who escaped from jail in Elkhart County, Indiana, with five others has been arrested in Chicago. The arrest of 30-year-old Lee Phillip Sims on ...
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Chicago police officer shotAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Police in Chicago are investigating a shooting on the city's West Side that left a woman dead and an off-duty Chicago police detective critically wounded. Police spokesw...
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Hastert had success at earmarkingAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Fox News ran an interesting program on Congressional earmarks Aug. 2. The lead story was the sudden wealth of former Congressman Dennis Hastert, who went to Washington ...