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Briefs: Giant banks hope to send messageAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The four largest U.S. banks each borrowed $500 million from the Federal Reserve to help ease a credit crunch threatening to slow economic growth and worsen t...
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Governor signs law banning remote huntingAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - The prospect of hunting live game over cyberspace is dead in Illinois. Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a new law Monday banning so-called remote-control hunting, in which a ...
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ITW to expand stock buybackAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Tool Works, the maker of Duo-Fast nail guns and Wilsonart countertops, approved a new $3 billion share repurchase program. The authorization represents about 55...
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Ryan remains free despite appeals court rulingAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - For the second time in less than 12 months, former Gov. George Ryan was snatched from the jaws of prison Tuesday, despite a court ruling upholding findings of guilt agai...
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Zell confident Tribune plan is soundAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. shareholders approved an $8.2 billion buyout Tuesday led by billionaire Sam Zell and must now wait to see if his purchase of the second-largest U.S. newspape...
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Bond is denied for stabbing suspectAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A Chicago man charged in the Sunday stabbing death of a 25-year-old Prospect High School graduate waived his right to a bond hearing Tuesday afternoon -- landing him in ...
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Views vary on appeals court decisionAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Inside court and out Tuesday, judges, lawyers, jurors and politicians were divided over an appellate panel's ruling on whether former governor George Ryan received a fai...
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Kirk calls for boycott over BP dumpingAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - After outcry over a permit extension that allows oil company BP to continue dumping ammonia and mercury into Lake Michigan, Rep. Mark Kirk urged a boycott of the company...
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Study: High blood pressure a youth problemAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests. Ca...
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Prospect H.S. grad stabbed, killed in ChicagoAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - An Arlington Heights woman was stabbed to death in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood early Sunday, officials said. Dana Mangi, 25, of 633 N. Carlyle Lane, was found dead a...