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Consumer prices rise in 2007Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. consumer prices rose last year at the highest rate in nearly two decades, mainly due to soaring energy and food prices, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday...
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Earnings released for Northern TrustJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Northern Trust Corp. reported fourth quarter net income was down nearly 27 percent to $125 million, compared with $170 million in the fourth quarter last year...
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FBI steps up murder probeJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The FBI says it is investigating "an ongoing gang problem" in the West suburban Maywood that is believed to be connected to the 2006 slaying of Thomas Wood, the first of...
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Transit funding support in questionJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Age-old rifts between Chicago and its suburbs, upstate and downstate have re-emerged at the Capitol, fueled by the lingering debate over whether the state...
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Former grade school principal acquitted in sexual assault caseJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- The former principal of a central Illinois elementary school has been acquitted of two counts of sexual assault. On Wednesday, a Peoria jury found John Walker ...
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Teen charged as adultJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Bond was set Tuesday at $50,000 for a student accused of trying to bring a loaded handgun into Bowen High School in Chicago. Nyeem Cole, 16, has been charged as an adult...
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Lawyer claims Stacy Peterson received racy cell phone messageJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities investigating the disappearance of a former suburban Chicago police officer's wife have obtained a warrant seeking information to identify who sent a racy te...
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Fossett's wife must testifyJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Adventurer Steve Fossett's wife must take the witness stand before the missing millionaire can be legally presumed dead, a Chicago judge said Wednesday. Fossett, 63, ren...
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Illinois bridges' gusset plates inspected and found to be safe, state officials sayJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois officials say all bridges getting ready for construction here are undergoing a special review to ensure they can handle the weight of extra const...
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2-year-old dies in fire at Chicago home day care centerJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - A fire at a home-based day care center in Chicago killed a 2-year-old boy, but several other children and a woman escaped. No working smoke detectors were found in the h...