Articles filed under Chicago
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State law tackles predatory lendingAug 25, 2007 11:00 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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French won't extradite suspect in doctor's deathAug 24, 2007 11:00 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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O'Hare feud grows with worker's arrestAug 24, 2007 11:00 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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Ladies put on their red hats, hit the townAug 24, 2007 11:00 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 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 ...