Articles filed under Chicago
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Planning board supports museum moveMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - At the end of a meeting that went late into the night, the Chicago Plan Commission approved moving the Chicago Children's Museum from Navy Pier to Grant Park. Preservati...
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Audit criticizes universityMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Management at Chicago State University got more bad grades Thursday as auditors found lax oversight of money and contracts. But auditors didn't report anything like the ...
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Error temporarily eliminated fuel charge on United flightsMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Passengers booking flights on United Airlines are getting a reprieve from paying the carrier's fast-rising fuel surcharge due to what United calls a clerical error. The ...
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Fire set outside mayor's summer homeMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - The FBI and police in Michigan are investigating a fire that was intentially set three weeks ago outside the summer of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. The fire did not dama...
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Cook County judge charged with drunken drivingMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge is expected to appear in court next month on drunken driving charges filed last week in the southern Chicago suburb of Tinley Park. Tinley Park Polic...
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Chicago man, 84, convicted in bank heist that mirrored movieMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SAUGATUCK, Mich. -- An 84-year-old Chicago man has pleaded guilty to taking part in a 1991 stickup that mirrored a Hollywood movie and netted $359,628 from a Michigan ba...
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Longtime activist to retireMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - A longtime pastor and community activist on Chicago's South Side is retiring. The Reverend Arthur Brazier says he stepping down next month as pastor of Apostolic Church ...
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Jurors selected in the R. Kelly trialMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Jury selection finished Thursday in the R. Kelly child pornography trial. The panel includes 12 jurors and four alternates. The jurors are: • A wife of a Baptist preache...
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7 potential R. Kelly jurors dismissedMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Seven potential jurors in R&B singer R. Kelly's child pornography trial have been dismissed, leaving the total seated panel so far in the case at eight. Jury selection's...
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University of Chicago to establish economics instituteMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The University of Chicago plans to spend about $200 million to establish the Milton Friedman Institute for the study of economics to attract scholars, students and donor...