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  • Starting at 8 p.m. Thursday, crews will begin spraying for mosquitoes on the city
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    Starting at 8 p.m. Thursday, crews will begin spraying for mosquitoes on the city's Far South Side. Spraying will continue for four or five hours in two areas in West Pullman...

  • Gary Teen Shot Himself Over Shoes
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  • Final guidelines for $35B tanker contest due out next week
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    Ap) — Final guidelines will be released next week for the latest round of bidding on a disputed $35 billion contract to replace an aging fleet of Air Force refueling planes, a Pentagon spokesman...

  • Suspect in shooting faces murder charges
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    A man allegedly involved in a shootout at a Southwest Side jewelry store now faces murder charges. Carl Thomas,were partners in the hold-up, according...

  • Monee Brothers Get Supervision For Birdnapping
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  • Abbott cutting 1,000 workers
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    Abbott Laboratories Inc. plans to lay off 1,000 employees, part of a bid to slash $150 million in costs from its diagnostic test business, the drug and medical device maker said Thursday. The plan...

  • 8/20/2008 - Rams RB Jackson to end holdout, will report to camp
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    St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson ended his holdout on Wednesday while his agent continues negotiations for a new contract. The 235-pound Jackson, a bruising runner and the...

  • In Indiana Dunes, a great pot hunt
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    Ever head to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and feel a calming mood wash over you? Perhaps that peaceful feeling came from the soft sand and the lapping waves of Lake Michigan. Perhaps not....

  • 8/21/2008 - NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw dead at 63
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    Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame guard who during a quarter century as union head helped get NFL players free agency and the riches that came with it, has died. He was 63. Upshaw died...



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  • Newsroom leaders named at Chicago Tribune
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    Gerould Kern , the freshly appointed editor of the Chicago Tribune, unveiled his new management team Thursday morning, naming Jane Hirt, the editor of Tribune's successful Red Eye edition, as...

  • A funeral will be held today for a Maywood soldier who died in Iraq.
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    A funeral will be held today for a Maywood soldier who died in Iraq. Army Corporal James Hale died last week when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.

  • Obama Hype In Full Gear At Campaign Headquarters
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  • Obama outspends McCain in July by 5-3 ratio
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  • Man offers to plead guilty to burning 2 sons to death
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    Glendale Heights man accused of murdering his two young sons by setting them on fire has offered to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life in prison in an effort to avoid the death penalty. ...

  • Woman Struck By Blue Line Train On Near West Side
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  • A Chicago teenager was arrested for joining his mom for a robbery to celebrate her birthday.
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    A Chicago teenager was arrested for joining his mom for a robbery to celebrate her birthday. Police say 17-year-old Elmer Taylor went to the counter demanding money from the clerk at a gas station...

  • A Frankfort Township official has refused to apologize for circulating an e-mail with anti-Islamic sentiments.
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    A Frankfort Township official has refused to apologize for circulating an e-mail with anti-Islamic sentiments. Assessor Paul Ruff said the e-mail wasn't hateful, but did touch...

  • Congressman Dan Lipinski jumps aboard Canadian National deal
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    Joliet & Eastern Railway gained momentum this week as a key congressman joined a coalition of suburban leaders throwing their support behind the controversial deal. U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.)...

  • Craig Pace Joins MorrisAnderson
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    Morrisanderson is pleased to announce that Craig Pace has joined MorrisAnderson's Chicago office as a Consulting Manager. "Craig has an impressive track record in finance, marketing and...

  • Murder charge in attempted jewelry heist
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    Less than a week after a Chicago man died after he was shot while trying to rob a jewelry store on the Southwest Side, his alleged partner in crime was charged with first-degree murder, police said. ...

  • Sports venues hit for selling beer to drunks
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    The stadiums and arenas of Chicago have seen untold amounts of alcohol-fueled mayhem, from obscene yelling to savage, bare-knuckle brawls. But according to a study released Wednesday, sports venues...

  • You, too, can sell Chicago
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  • No apology for anti-Muslim e-mail
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    Frankfort Township official did not apologize Wednesday for circulating an e-mail with anti-Islamic sentiments. "The e-mail's basic message was that people coming to this country should adapt,"...

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