Articles filed under Chicago
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College rankings often miss markAug 24, 2007 11:00 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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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 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 buyoutAug 22, 2007 11:00 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 IraqAug 22, 2007 11:00 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...
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Severe weather storms through Chicago, suburbsAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - AP - Storms ripped through Chicago and the suburbs this afternoon, sparking tornado warning sirens, downed trees and electrical strikes. Storms with winds in excess of 5...
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RTA on transit cuts, fare hikes: 'You ain't seen nothin' yet'Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Nothing stands in the way of higher fares and reduced service on the region's bus and train system except for higher taxes, transit officials said Thursday. "There has ...
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United Air seeks investors for maintenance unit stakeAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - United Airlines, the world's second- largest carrier, said it may sell all or part of its maintenance operations to outside investors to raise cash for modernizing and e...
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Briefs: Giant banks hope to send messageAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The four largest U.S. banks each borrowed $500 million from the Federal Reserve to help ease a credit crunch threatening to slow economic growth and worsen t...
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Ryan remains free despite appeals court rulingAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - For the second time in less than 12 months, former Gov. George Ryan was snatched from the jaws of prison Tuesday, despite a court ruling upholding findings of guilt agai...
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Zell confident Tribune plan is soundAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. shareholders approved an $8.2 billion buyout Tuesday led by billionaire Sam Zell and must now wait to see if his purchase of the second-largest U.S. newspape...