Articles filed under Region
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Lawmakers: School cash a victim of politicsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich "repeatedly misled" school districts across the state about the status of long-awaited construction dollars and used those districts ...
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Lawmakers ditch bailout plan for Chicago transitSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers rejected a multimillion-dollar bailout of the Chicago region's transit agencies Tuesday, a move that not only threatens to curtail bus ser...
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R. Kelly trial delayed againSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - R. Kelly remains trapped in the legal closet. A Cook County judge postponed the R&B superstar's trial Tuesday, adding another delay to the much-prolonged, 5-year-old ca...
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City can use passenger fees for O'Hare modernization planSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- The Federal Aviation Administration ruled Tuesday that city officials can use more than $1 billion collected from passenger fees to fund the massive O'Hare In...
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Chicago man charged with firing gun at Schaumburg homeSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A Chicago man is being held on $50,000 bond after police said he shot a gun at his girlfriend's home. William Estrada, 28, of 2057 N. Lorel in Chicago, was charged with ...
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Cubs sale process likely to see delaySep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Five months after Tribune Co. announced plans to sell the Chicago Cubs, the first-place ball club is making much more noise on the field than its corporate ow...
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Plane carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett missingSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - RENO, Nevada - A small plane carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett has been missing since Monday night, federal officials said today. Fossett took off in the singl...
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Truck hits American Airlines plane at O'Hare; no injuriesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Authorities say an American Eagle truck backed into an American Airlines plane Monday morning as the aircraft was leaving its departure gate at O'Hare International Airp...
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Illinois House blocks tax to aid mass transitSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD _ A plan to prop up the Chicago area's struggling mass transit systems failed Tuesday in the Illinois House, despite warnings of impending fee increases and ...
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Police say harbor drowning not likely a hate crimeSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Police say after questioning a suspect and witnesses they do not believe a Vietnamese man who drowned after being pushed into a Lake Michigan harbor was the victim of a ...