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CBOT traders accused of fraudJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission accused two Chicago Board of Trade floor traders of fraud for allegedly trading Treasury futures contracts with rigged pric...
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Woman charged for stabbing her infant, then 2 others on city busJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - A judge has denied bail for a 29-year-old Chicago woman who allegedly used a scissors to stab her own 11-month-old girl before boarding a city bus and stabbing another w...
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Blood centers seeking more donorsJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago blood banks, citing critically low levels of Rh-negative blood, are sending out a call for people with negative blood types who are able to donate immediately. O...
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Illinois organ donor registry marks 3 million membersJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has announced a milestone for the state's organ donor registry, saying more than three million people signed up. White says the F...
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Lawyers argue that Padilla, had minimal terror rolesJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- Attorneys for Jose Padilla and two other men convicted last summer of terrorism and conspiracy argue that even if their clients were involved in a global Islami...
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Supersize my vote: Illinois now part of the big pictureJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In a few short weeks, in households across the suburbs, millions will gather for Super Bowl Sunday, pondering past halftime wardrobe malfunctions and grea...
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New Hampshire voters put a high value on characterJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The lesson of New Hampshire can be summarized in two simple words: Character counts. John McCain and Hillary Clinton left the Granite State Wednesda...
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ComEd honored for recovery workJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Edison Electric Institute Wednesday honored ComEd with its Emergency Recovery Award for efforts to restore power following last year's multi-fro...
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City hires new top copJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - A former FBI agent officially became Chicago's newest police superintendent Wednesday. The city council approved Mayor Richard Daley's nomination of Jody Weis 44-1. Weis...
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Gov. promises to sign transit bailoutJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today he'll sign a measure increasing Chicago-area sales taxes to pay for metropolitan mass transit systems sent to him by the state Legislatur...