Articles filed under Chicago
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U.S. State Department asks for extradition in dermatologist deathSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The U.S. State Department is joining Illinois' U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama in asking France to extradite a man suspected of killing a Chicago dermatologi...
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Former Chicago alderman asks to have indictment dismissedSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Attorneys for former Chicago Alderman Edward Vrdolyak have asked a federal judge to dismiss an indictment against the once-powerful political leader. In an appeal filed ...
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Trial nears for alleged terror cell accused in Sears Tower plotSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- To hear prosecutors tell it, Narseal Batiste and six followers formed a budding homegrown terrorist cell determined to rival the Sept. 11 attacks by toppling th...
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Judge delays opening of Planned Parenthood facilitySep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Planned Parenthood cannot open its Aurora facility Tuesday as originally scheduled, a federal court judge ruled today. Judge Charles Norgle gave the city of Aurora 24 ho...
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Investigation of U.S. gene therapy death focuses on fungal infectionSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A virus used in a gene therapy experiment likely did not cause the death of a woman suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, although it cannot be completely ruled out, U.S....
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Oil executive succumbs to pneumoniaSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Chicago banker and oil executive John E. Swearingen, who led Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to become the sixth-largest U.S. company, died at a Birmingh...
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'Hand-washing police' find one-third of men still fail to wash up after bathroom useSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand washing police." One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using th...
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Chicago Public Radio turning its image on its headSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Someone just took a punch to the face by a middle-aged Las Vegas woman in some club off the strip, and it isn't even noon yet. Here's how it goes down from my end of th...
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Defense attorney unhappy with delay in mob trialSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A defense attorney at Chicago's biggest mob trial in years said Friday he is unhappy about a delay in jury deliberations, but experts suggested its impact on the case is...
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Tired of hearing CTA beg for moneySep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - I am sick and tired, as a CTA daily rider, of the CTA complaining that they don't have enough money. Well it's time to raise fares, eliminate routes and run the organiza...