Articles filed under Chicago
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Group calling for port district to be abolishedJun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The Civic Federation will call for the abolition of the state's port district in a lengthy report today, arguing that the district's murky finances and diversion into th...
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Man charged in death of nursing home residentJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police have charged a 50-year-old man from West Cermak with first-degree murder in the beating death of a nursing home resident. Solomon Owasanoye was charged Sa...
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Summer job drive important to youthJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm 17, unemployed, continually looking for any kind of job. It was very inspiring to hear the news from our governor on Thursday, only to add this to my search in secu...
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Teen drowns in pondJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - An 18-year-old man drowned in a retention pond on the campus of St. Xavier University on Chicago's far Southwest Side, and authorities say he apparently went into the wa...
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3-year-old Chicago boy dies when crushed by gateJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say a 3-year-old Chicago boy has died after a metal gate he was swinging on fell and hit him in the head. A Cook County medical examiner's office spokesman s...
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Mercury subdues SkyJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The hometown girls fared well. Just not the ones that the hometown fans were cheering for loudest. The high-octane Phoenix Mercury, thanks in large part to Chicago produ...
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Supreme Court strikes down D.C. handgun banJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Gun-rights advocates in Illinois joined others across the country in hailing Thursday's 5-4 court ruling that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their...
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Chicagoan drowns in college pondJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - An 18-year-old Chicago man drowned in a retention pond on the campus of St. Xavier University on Chicago's far southwest side, and authorities say he apparently went int...
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Is O'Hare probe tip of iceberg or no big deal?Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Mixed reactions emerged Thursday as a federal audit into whether air traffic controllers' supervisors fudged reports of operational errors hit home at O'Hare Internation...
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Boeing stock drop affects incentive planJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Boeing stock dropped another 1 percent in early trading to below $70 a share after dropping nearly 7 percent Wednesday when a Goldman Sachs analysts lowered h...