Articles filed under Chicago
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Sears Tower plot trial wrapping upMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- War with the U.S. government was at the heart of a terrorist plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices, a prosecutor said Wednesday during clos...
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Former WGN radio host Wally Phillips dead at 82Mar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Sure, Chicagoans like to think they're tough. This, after all, is the city of the big shoulders, where the police officer is there not to create disorder, but to preserv...
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Chicago area 7th fastest growing in countryMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - New U.S. Census data shows the Chicago metropolitan area gained more than 66,000 people between 2006 and 2007. It remains the country's third-most populous metro area. T...
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Chicago to pay fired contractor $11 milMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago has agreed to pay a general contractor it fired during the construction of a park $11 million under a settlement reached by lawyers for both sides. T...
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Man accused Chicago cops of framing him for murderMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A man freed from jail after being held three years for the murder of a child has filed a lawsuit against two Chicago police detectives and the city, claiming he was fram...
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Blagojevich says Cubs should stay at Wrigley foreverMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Well-known Chicago Cubs fan Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday he'll do all he can to keep the team playing at Wrigley Field as billionaire owner Sam Zell looks to sell ...
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City responds to spike in student deathsMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The teenagers looked like any other students making their way to school after spring break. They greeted each other with bleary eyes, shoved their hands into oversized j...
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Chicago man charged for allegedly setting girlfriend ablazeMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A 21-year-old Chicago man has been charged after allegedly dousing his girlfriend with lighter fluid and setting her on fire. The girlfriend had extensive burns on her f...
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Chicago students get escort to classMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Police and community leaders have escorted a half-dozen high school students to class following the shooting death of a classmate. Officials said Operation Safe Passage...
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Four stabbed, one fatally, in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhoodMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police said a 17-year-old youth was killed and three other people, including a 14-year-old, were wounded in a possibly gang-related stabbing incident in the Nort...