Articles filed under Region
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Park Ridge still a tossup between Obama, ClintonFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have bigger fish to fry -- and delegates to catch. Still, the question of which Democratic heavyweight carried Hillary's childhood homet...
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BP hearing delayedFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Indiana has delayed a public hearing about BP's new water permit for its planned Whiting refinery expansion. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has set t...
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Police search downtown hotel for fugitiveFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago police, including a SWAT team, searched a downtown hotel late Friday night for a fugitive wanted on a LaSalle County warrant. Police and staff at the Congress Ho...
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Man killed in go-kart crashFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A South suburban man lost control of his go-kart at an indoor track, crashed into a wall and was killed. Adam Robinson, 23, of Evergreen Park was pronounced dead Thursda...
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Suspect back in courtFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A man accused of trying to kill a Chicago police officer was in a Cook County courtroom Friday -- nearly 40 years after he is said to have fired three bullets into the m...
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Teacher likely will be firedFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A Chicago teacher faces dismissal after wrapping masking tape around a special education student to keep him in his chair when he wouldn't sit down, authorities said. Th...
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FBI says 25 indicted in mortgage fraud schemeFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The FBI says 25 people have been charged in one of the biggest mortgage fraud schemes ever prosecuted in the Chicago area. The agency says the suspects were named in thr...
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Governor: Keep subpoenas secretFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration says it has new, secret evidence to warrant keeping the public from seeing federal subpoenas it has received. Lawyer...
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Vallas mum on political futureFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Former governor candidate and Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas returned to town recently to talk education reform -- but not politics. Vallas side-stepped a ques...
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Analysts cool on prospects for PlayboyFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Though long-suffering Playboy Enterprises Inc. reported a tiny quarterly revenue increase last fall, the company hasn't convinced analysts improvement will be sustained....