Articles filed under Region
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City worker keeps job despite slursNov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Despite using a racial slur and dressing up as a Ku Klux Klansman, a supervisor in Chicago's Department of Transportation will not lose his job, a review panel has decid...
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Support the Fair Elections Now ActNov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Please support the Fair Elections Now Act. This public finance bill will take big money out of politics. Sponsored by Congressman John Larson (D-Conn.), Sens. Richard Du...
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University of Chicago tries to ease fears after shootingNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - A campus thriving amid the violence and poverty that plagues much of Chicago's South Side is on alert in the wake of the shooting death of Senegalese doctoral student an...
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Chicago considers residential chicken banNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Live chickens aren't meant for big-city neighborhoods. At least that's how some Chicago aldermen see it and they're moving to ban the keeping of the birds in residential...
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Police want to question pair in deaths of 2 menNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Officials have released sketches of a pair of men wanted for questioning in the deaths of two Chicago men whose bodies were found wrapped in plastic near a forest preser...
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Fighting dogs seized in Chicago-area homes; two chargedNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Cook County authorities say they've seized more than a dozen suspected fighting dogs. The dogs included 12 pit bulls at one home. The Cook County sheriff's office says s...
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Patrolling to keep the holiday safeNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - As the Thanksgiving holiday nears, the Illinois State Police hope that people will keep their minds on their driving at least as much as the turkey and trimmings. Thanks...
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Edgar backs GiulianiNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has won the backing of another former Illinois governor. Giuliani's campaign says former Gov. Jim Edgar is endorsing the ...
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Illinois median home prices stagnant in third quarterNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The credit crunch and sub-prime mortgage mess continue to burden the housing market in Illinois as median home prices in the state rose .7 percent in the third quarter, ...
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Possible Sears' bid for Restoration Hardware gets mixed reviewsNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- For months, Wall Street has been waiting for hedge fund wizard Ed Lampert to reveal his plan to turn around ailing retailer Sears Holdings Corp. Investors got...