Articles filed under Chicago
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Closing arguments to begin this afternoon in mob trialOct 31, 2021 6:38 pm - Closing arguments in the Family Secrets mob trial were to begin this afternoon. today, the judge in the case indicated after all sides rested this morning. There was lit...
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State law tackles predatory lendingOct 31, 2021 6:31 pm - The Illinois legislature this month passed a law that goes to the heart of the global subprime lending mess that is rattling the housing industry and shaking financial m...
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Reading to your child is invaluableOct 31, 2021 6:33 pm - A study recently released by the University of Washington (Journal of Pediatrics, September 2007) suggests that infants who are exposed to "smart baby" DVDs and videos t...
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Ladies put on their red hats, hit the townOct 31, 2021 6:21 pm - Seven hundred women in red hats filled the Palmer House Hilton ballroom in Chicago Friday evening, listening to Sue Ellen Cooper and Linda Murphy tell funny stories. Ev...
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College rankings often miss markOct 31, 2021 6:27 pm - U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings issue appears this week. We at Columbia College Chicago, the nation's largest arts and media college, have decided to ...
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O'Hare feud grows with worker's arrestOct 31, 2021 6:21 pm - The tug of war between Bensenville and Chicago over expanding O'Hare International Airport led to an arrest Friday. Bensenville police arrested an unidentified man who ...
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French won't extradite suspect in doctor's deathOct 31, 2021 6:22 pm - France will not extradite an American suspected of killing a dermatologist in Chicago last year, saying it cannot do so because he also is a French citizen. Hans Peterso...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaOct 31, 2021 6:14 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Ryerson board members elected, seen as key to buyoutOct 31, 2021 6:04 pm - CHICAGO -- Ryerson Inc. shareholders elected all 11 of the steel processor's board nominees at its annual meeting Thursday, a move the Chicago company said was important...
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Soldier with ties to Warrenville killed in IraqOct 31, 2021 6:09 pm - Phillip Brodnick, 25-year-old son of a police officer from south suburban Burbank, was among the 14 soldiers killed Wednesday when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in nor...