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Sun-Times publisher to run CBC NewsSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - John Cruickshank is leaving as publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and chief operating officer of parent Sun-Times Media Group to run the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.'s ne...
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Grant Park hosts refugee exhibitSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Jennifer Vago makes a small circle with her thumb and forefinger, small enough to encircle a broom handle -- or the upper arm of a starving refugee child. Vago, a regist...
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Degorski tape aired in courtSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - In the first public airing of his 2002 videotaped statement to police, James Degorski acknowledges a role in the Brown's Chicken murders but refuses to provide any detai...
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Volunteers prepare to pack 1 million meals for starving childrenSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - An army of Naperville-area volunteers will spend six 12-hour days packing a million specially formulated meals for starving children in Sudan. The production line will b...
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Lauzen reveals run for CongressSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Aurora Republican state Sen. Chris Lauzen will announce today his plans to run for Congress, seeking the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Dennis H...
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Panel to look at plagiarism claims against SIU presidentSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - A panel investigating plagiarism claims against Southern Illinois University's president will make its work transparent to reassure the public that the probe is impartia...
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Briefs: U. of Chicago gets grantSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The University of Chicago Medical Center is getting a $23 million government grant to help transform basic science into new medical treatments more quickly. The school i...
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Chicago unveils revised Olympics logoSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Olympic gold medalists Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Rowdy Gaines unveiled Chicago's second attempt at an Olympic logo for its 2016 Summer Games bid Wednesday --a white, six-...
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Casino, road measures advance, but may be doomedSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A multibillion-dollar political tug of war continued Tuesday as the Illinois Senate approved three new casinos to finance massive road construction knowin...
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Voters should know how candidates are guided by faithSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide -- or announce if he has decided -- whether he, too, will run for president...