Articles filed under Region
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Potential fulfilled in powerful 'Passion'Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Watching Chicago Shakespeare Theater's intimate revival of "Passion," I was struck again by the brilliance of Stephen Sondheim's rhapsodic score, whose haunting ...
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Obama needs to shift his campaign into a higher gearOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Politics is about self-control and staying on message. But it's also about letting go. It's this attribute -- the politician's equivalent of getting "into the zone" -- t...
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Auto dealers can't haggle on sentenceOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Two Chicago auto dealers convicted of swapping Jaguars, BMWs and Cadillacs for millions of dollars in drug money learned Wednesday that they will go to prison for 20 yea...
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United pilots elect new leadersOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Pilots at United Airlines have elected new union leaders who promise to take a tougher approach with management. Steve Wallach, a San Francisco-based Boeing 747 captain,...
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Legislators honor late Rosemont leaderOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIED -- State lawmakers Wednesday recalled the late Don Stephens as a visionary, who saw the potential for Rosemont when few others did, and then had both the deal...
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Accord reached on dispensing morning-after pillOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois pharmacists who object to dispensing emergency birth control would be allowed to step aside while someone else filled the prescription, under a d...
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At governor's urging, lawmakers reject higher speed for trucksOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Truckers must still drive 55 mph after the Illinois House had second thoughts about raising the highway speed limit for semis to 65. Prodded by Gov. Rod B...
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Police say Chicago man stole catalytic convertersOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - A Chicago man is facing felony theft charges after Schaumburg police said they found him stealing car parts from an auto dealership. Schaumburg police Sgt. John Nebl sai...
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Briefs: Relative facing sex chargeOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Bond was set at $40,000 Wednesday for a Roselle man who authorities say had sex with a mentally disabled relative. Marian Dworzynski, 59, of the 1700 block of Roslyn Roa...
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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...