Articles filed under Chicago
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No injuries after student fires gun inside Chicago schoolDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago police are investigating what they say was an accidental shooting inside a classroom at a South Side high school. Chicago Public Schools spokesman Mike Vaughn sa...
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Briefs: College tightens oversightDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago State University trustees have taken steps to tighten their control over school finances. The move comes after a published report this week that the university b...
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State investigating Countrywide loansDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- The home loan unit of Countrywide Financial Corp., the largest U.S. mortgage lender, is under investigation in Illinois over its lending practices in the stat...
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Jury awards more than $12 million to family of man shot by Chicago policeDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A jury has awarded more than $12 million to the family of a Chicago man shot to death by a police officer. City officials acknowledge the officer had no justification fo...
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Michael Jordan wins ruling in paternity pay-off suitDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Michael Jordan, a five-time National Basketball Association most valuable player, needn't honor an alleged promise to pay $5 million to an ex-lover for her vow to keep t...
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Jurors deadlock in 6 of 7 defendants in Sears Tower plot; 7th acquittedDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- One of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and a mistrial was declared for...
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Former Chicago health inspector pleads guilty to bribe takingDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - A former Chicago Public Health Department inspector has pleaded guilty to fraud for accepting payoffs in return for helping unqualified restaurant, grocery and food-serv...
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Chicago-bound bus stop shooting suspect arrested in DenverDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- An 18-year-old man was arrested in a shooting at a school bus stop that injured six young people, police said. Nicco Tatum was arrested Wednesday in Denver ...
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Jailed former cop seeks return of propertyDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - A jailed Chicago police officer sometimes described as the city's most corrupt has asked a federal judge for the return of his property. Joseph Miedzianowski is serving ...
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Art Institute says sculpture supposedly by Gauguin a fakeDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - A half-man, half-goat ceramic figure supposedly sculpted by 19th century French artist Paul Gauguin has delighted aficionados visiting the Art Institute of Chicago for a...