Articles filed under Chicago
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UAL workers oppose moves to boost stockNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - UAL Corp. unions Wednesday took aim at the company's plan to benefit its shareholders. The Union Coalition at United Airlines, a conglomeration of all but one of UAL Cor...
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Teen pleads guilty in killing of restaurant managerNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for his role in the 2006 robbery and murder of a restaurant manager. Moments before the boy was led of Juveni...
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Briefs: Chicago Fed sees slow growthNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Turmoil in financial markets could lead to a reduction in both business investments and the purchases of consumer durables and homes, slowing U.S. economic gr...
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Motorola donation ironic on firing dayNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - I read how Motorola has provided $3.5 million in grants to schools to inspire the next generation of technologists. This I find strange because many of these students' p...
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Security guard accused of sexually abusing 15-year-oldNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - A part-time security guard at Niles North High School is free on $50,000 bond after being accused of having sex for several months with a 15-year-old girl in Harwood Hei...
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United seeks 'initiatives' to pay back lendersNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines is asking lenders to let it repay $350 million in debt and implement as much as $500 million in "shareholder initiatives" such as stock buyba...
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UAL chief: Airlines must consolidate to surviveNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- The head of United Airlines' parent company said Tuesday he no longer feels like a voice in the wilderness in arguing airlines must consider consolidation to w...
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Wife of adventurer Steve Fossett asks Illinois court to declare him deadNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - The wife of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared while flying his plane in September in rugged Western terrain, asked an Illinois court Monday to declar...
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Police welcome federal help in fighting gangsNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Law enforcement officials from Chicago and several of its suburbs are voicing support or a proposed federal law that would stiffen the penalties gang members could face ...
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Oprah Winfrey hitting campaign trail in Iowa for ObamaNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Oprah Winfrey will join Democrat Barack Obama again on the campaign trail, this time visiting the early contest states of Iowa, New Hampshire and Sou...