Thursday 29th July, 2010
Indian American named Chicago business school dean
Sunil Kumar, an Indian American management guru, has been named the new head of the University of Chicago's prestigious Booth School of Business.
Prisons charge inmates too much for cigarettes, suit claims
LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter Illinois prison officials charge inmates too much for cigarettes, according to a lawsuit filed by a former inmate. Timothy Giancana, who did time at the downstate V...
Boy, 7, seriously injured after falling out window on South Side
Sun-Times Media Wire A 7-year-old boy was seriously injured after falling about 20 feet from a window in the South Side Hamilton Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon, fire officials said. The ...
Man convicted of rape gets 100- year prison term
Chicago Sun-TimesSun-Times Media Wire A man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually attacking and kidnapping an 18-year-old woman on the South Side Hamilton Park neighborhood. Keith Nelson, 27, ...
KBS Closes on One of Chicago's Largest and Newest Office Buildings
Market WireCHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - July 29, 2010) - Adding to its recent acquisition activity, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II (KBS REIT II) has closed on the purchase of the 300 North LaSalle office buil...
Grandmother's ashes lost in mail found in Elk Grove
Daily HeraldThe cremated remains of a Barrington woman's grandmother, which were lost for more than a week after shipping from Phoenix to Chicago, were located Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Postal Service's proc...
Robber Shoots Man For Having Only $12 In Wallet
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Some People You Should Know: Tassel Mentors
CBS 2 Chicago(4/1/2010) Two young men wanted to do something to help kids in the Austin neighborhood. They've started a special mentoring and academic program. But in order to do it, they had to change their liv...
City Colleges To Lay Off 225 Employees
CBS 2 ChicagoChicago City Colleges will lay off 225 "non-instructional" employees, eliminate 86 unfilled jobs and crack the whip on executive credit cards and travel to pump more money into technology and training...
Car slams into Inland Bank in Villa Park
ABC7A driver somehow lost control of a vehicle in Villa Park, sending the car into the front of Inland Bank. It's not clear if anyone was injured. The bank is located on St. Charles Road near Addison Ro...
Loyola University student reported missing
ABC7Police are searching for a Loyola University student who walked out of a classroom Tuesday and hasn't been seen since. Twenty-two-year-old Andia Ymeraj is from Skokie.
Local activists protest AZ immigration law
ABC7July 29, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The immigration debate took center stage in Chicago and around the country as a watered-down version of Arizona's controversial new immigration law goes into effect. ...
CPS holds job fair for displaced teachers
ABC7July 29, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools held a private job fair for displaced CPS teachers Thursday at McCormick Place. Out of 600 schools, there are at least 70 schools that start i...
Loop restaurant left without phone service
ABC7Last weekend's flooding means no phone service for parts of the Chicago area, including some businesses. The Loop restaurant the Italian Village hasn't had phone service since Saturday. The owner sa...
Hotel workers to vote on strike
ABC7Members of United Here Local One who work at the Hyatt say they're fighting against staff cuts and reduced hours. They explain the hotel wants to lock workers into what they call unfair contracts. The...
Frankfort turns out for soldier's sendoff
ABC7July 29, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- With flags waving and bagpipes playing, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nick Ward heads off to Afghanistan. The surprise sendoff was organized by the Frankfort Fire Depar...
CTA to test 5000 series on Blue Line
ABC7The Chicago Transit Authority agency will start testing the 5000 Series prototype rail cars on the Blue Line starting next Monday. The cars have been tested on the Red and Green lines. Seats in the n...
Daley wants to reinvent City Colleges
ABC7Mayor Daley is pushing a new multi-million dollar plan to help reinvent the City Colleges system from the ground up, but it will mean the elimination of more than 200 positions. The mayor joined new...
Morningstar Announces Speakers and Agenda for Inaugural ETF Invest Conference, Sept. 15-17, 2010 in Chicago
RedOrbitCHICAGO, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With an increasing number of assets flowing into exchange-traded funds and the need for expert analysis about these investment vehicles also on the rise, Mor...
Tour of Elk Grove offers three days of competitive riding, community events
Daily HeraldMore than 1,000 cyclists and hundreds of spectators will swarm to Elk Grove Village this weekend for the fifth Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove.
It was just an ordinary scrimmage -- until a bunch of Bears showed up
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Together again for the first time: Kurtis, Jacobson back on the air
Daily HeraldThe CBS affiliate announced Thursday that Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson will reunite as the regular weekday co-anchors of the station's 6 p.m. newscast Sept. 1.
Glen Ellyn's Rock Center for deaf and blind faces imminent closure
Daily HeraldParaprofessional Yvonne Robinson works with students in primary class at the Phillip J. Rock Center in Glen Ellyn. The facility for blind and deaf kids is in danger of running out of money next week.
Burge will continue to get pension
ABC7In this May 24, 2010 file photo, former Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge leaves the Federal Courthouse after the first day of jury selection in his obstruction of justice and perjury trial. (AP Photo/Char...
Heat Roster is looking good now haters!! JUL 29
General SourcesLove them or hate them, Miami's roster is looking damn good.You have at:Center - Anthony, Z and Magloire...all needed to body up people and rebound and play some D...no scoring needed.Power Fwd - Bosh...
Copper thefts back on the rise
Daily HeraldRuss Matson, management analyst, pushes some copper pipes back to the evidence room at the Elgin Police Department. Theft of copper pipes has declined during the last couple years, but experts expect ...
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