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Political hiring still thrives in Chicago, monitor saysDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Political hiring is still thriving at City Hall despite high-profile efforts to stamp out patronage, according to an annual report from a federal monitor. The report by ...
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R. Kelly not in courtDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - R & B star R. Kelly missed his scheduled court appearance today because of a mishap involving his tour bus, his lawyers said. Attorneys said the bus was detained in Utah...
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Marshal accused of leaking information about witness in courtDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - A federal deputy marshal wept on the witness stand Tuesday as he described his shock in discovering he faced possible criminal charges for allegedly leaking information...
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Clinton stirs Chicago crowd at fundraiserDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Trumpeting her familiar campaign themes and raising money for the stretch run, Hillary Clinton stopped in her home state long enough to fire up a raucous crowd of suppor...
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Illinois town lands FutureGen 'clean' coal power plantDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - MATTOON, Ill. -- Residents celebrated when this central Illinois city was chosen Tuesday as the site of a futuristic power plant that would burn coal without emitting gl...
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Hillary Clinton will struggle to sell herself as an agent of changeDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Things are not working. The war in Iraq, originally penciled in for a month or two, is in its fifth year and will not end soon. The war in Afghanistan, once seemingly wo...
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Chicago market ready for mergers, study saysDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - The economy may slow or even slip into a recession next year but a recent study suggests merger and acquisition experts believe 2008 will be a bumper year for deals. Pal...
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Former Sun-Times publisher gets 29 monthsDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - A sentencing hearing more than two years in the making brought former Chicago Sun-Times publisher F. David Radler 29 months in prison for his role in stealing millions o...
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Chicago middle school principal dies during root canalDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday for a middle school principal who died during a root canal at a dentist's office on Chicago's North Side. Georgette Watson of Skokie ...
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Navy saves Illinois teen whose appendix burst on Mexican cruiseDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- A teenager who suffered a ruptured appendix at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got an unusual rescue when the Navy airlifted her to an aircraft carrier fo...