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Zell wastes no time in taking control of Tribune CompanyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Real estate magnate Sam Zell took control of newly private Tribune Co. on Thursday and began shaking up the newspaper and TV company the moment the $8.2 billion buyout h...
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Bit of a Nixon revival seen in the Clinton, Huckabee campaignsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In a political season that has become a '70s Show, a Richard Nixon revival infects both parties' primaries. Even Spiro Agnew -- Nixon's Nixon -- is being reprised. Hill...
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Briefs: Third man sentenced in firebombingDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a firebombing that killed a Joliet woman and her 4-year-old daughter. Sergio Anguiana had coo...
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R. Kelly faces music before judgeDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In the five years since he was arrested on child pornography charges, R&B star R. Kelly has released a handful of albums and, with the court's permission, conquered the ...
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Shedd says beluga calf to be named MikiDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The votes are in and the Shedd Aquarium says its four-month-old beluga whale calf will be named Miki (MEE'-kee), an Inuit word for "little." Nearly 9,000 votes were cast...
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Boeing to expand business in IndiaDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI -- Boeing Co. has tentatively agreed to send as much as $1 billion in aerospace manufacturing work to state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in India over the ...
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State legislature will be ringing in new year at domeDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday ordered lawmakers back to the Capitol on Jan. 2, effectively closing the door on a 2007 session marred by personality cla...
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Coroner's jury can't determine cause of death for jailed former clownDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A Sangamon County coroner's jury has been unable to determine a cause of death for a former clown accused of child sex crimes who died in police custody. ...
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Brookfield Zoo staff says farewell to 52-year-old hippoDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Brookfield Zoo's Hansel was the hippopotamus version of Dick Clark. Well past the age of the average entertainer, Hansel was still creating smiles. Hansel was the second...
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Briefs: India's Tata may win Land Rover bidDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. could name Indian automaker Tata Motors Ltd. a "preferred bidder" for its Jaguar and Land Rover units as early as Friday, two people briefed on...