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FAA investigating hard landing at O'HareOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Federal safety investigators are probing a hard landing at O'Hare International Airport this week that sent a jet careening off a runway, injuring two people. A United A...
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Church/state split late gift of courtsOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - It's becoming an atrocity to hear debate and see rhetoric about separation of church and state in the Supreme Court's ruling of 1948. Uneducated people believe that sepa...
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Illinois Chrysler workers on furlough during walkoutOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - BELVIDERE -- Workers at a Chrysler assembly plant in northern Illinois were on furlough when a walkout against the auto maker began. They were on furlough when it ended,...
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Afflecks arrive for Chicago debutOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Ben Affleck is a Cubs fan, but he hopes his new movie will be the breakthrough that his adopted team couldn't make this year. Affleck and his brother Casey arrived for t...
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Chicago man victorious in chicken wing eating contestOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Two hot dog eating champs faced an upset -- not of the stomach variety -- when a Chicago culinary arts student trounced them in eating chicken wings. Patric...
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Motorcyclist hits Michelle Obama's van on way to rallyOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - HAMPTON, Iowa -- Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was involved in a traffic accident Tuesday as she rode to a rally in northern Io...
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DNA test may determine if missing woman is victim of killerOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS -- A DNA test may determine if a missing Indianapolis woman was the victim of an Illinois man who has confessed to killing six women in four states. Carma P...
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Report: Chicago Theatre to be sold to New York companyOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - The Chicago Theatre, famous for its landmark marquee, is being sold to New York's Madison Square Garden Entertainment, according to a published report. "Madison Square G...
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Chicago police to disband unit under investigationOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department will disband an elite drug and gang unit under state and federal investigation for allegations ranging from armed violence and h...
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Budget deadlock grips numerous key issuesOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- When lawmakers struck a budget deal back in August, schools across the state were to get additional millions in state funding. For instance, the state wou...