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Kirk seeking Palin's endorsement when in town for Oprah

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:47:36 -0600

U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk asked a national Republican power broker to secure an endorsement by conservative former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin when she hits town later this month to appear on the "Oprah Winfrey Show," according to a memo obtained by the Tribune today.

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Top U.S. official pushes kids health plan enrollment

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:47:16 -0600

U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addresses the National Children's Health
Insurance Summit in Chicago. (David Pierini/Chicago Tribune)

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Ex-priest McCormack fails in bid to seal records in commitment battle

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:46:52 -0600

A judge today denied a request from a convicted former priest to seal records and keep private most of the court proceedings on whether he should be committed under a state statute for sex offenders.

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Burge ordered to detail cancer illness

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:45:59 -0600

A federal judge today instructed lawyers for former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge to make public his cancer diagnosis and the timeframe for his treatment by Monday.

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Extra-alarm fire at Solo Cup factory on South Side

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:44:55 -0600

About 200 employees were evacuated from the Solo Cup Co. factory in the city's Ford City neighborhood as firefighters battled an extra-alarm fire there, authorities said.

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Data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:48:49 -0600

More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 teachers.

Problem is, the district employs only 290 teachers.

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Man shot, killed in Chatham

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:48:16 -0600

Chicago Police detectives and SWAT members search a garage near the scene of a fatal shooting at 79th Street and St. Lawrence Tuesday morning. (Mike Anzaldi for the Chicago Tribune)

A man in his 20s was shot and killed outside a store this morning in the South Side's Chatham neighborhood, police said.

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Fire breaks out in building on Chicago River

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:46:39 -0600

Smoke rises from the roof from a 48-story residential building at 233 E. Wacker Drive. (Andrew L. Wang / Chicago Tribune)

Firefighters responded this afternoon to a fire in a residential building near Columbus and Wacker Drives. A plume of black smoke could be seen coming from the roof of the building before the fire was brought under control.

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Tribune Co. papers gear for experimental week without AP

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:45:39 -0600

The Chicago Tribune and other Tribune Co. newspapers plan to utilize as little content from the Associated Press as practical during the week of Nov. 8.

The goal, as the papers review costs and needs, is to see whether severing ties with the news cooperative next fall is a viable option, the Chicago-based media company confirmed today.

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Decade later, trial begins for man accused of killing 11

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:46:41 -0600

Andre Crawford is accused of killing 11 woman. One of his victims, Constance Bailey, 41, was found in an old tire shop. (Tribune file)

Andre Crawford is finally going on trial for the rapes and murders of 11 women nearly a decade after he was arrested for slayings that terrorized the Englewood and New City neighborhoods.

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