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Morning Box Score
Oden and the Blazers had no trouble dumping the Bulls; AP Photo/Don Ryan Bulls' Skid Worsens Things keep getting worse on this current road trip for the Bulls as they lost their third straight game, this...
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CPS Board of Education Approves New Charter Schools
At their meeting yesterday, their first since the death of board president Michael Scott, the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education moved forward with business, approving five new charter schools that will open across the next...
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Aldermen Question Daley's Tax-Relief Plan
Photo by City of Progress. Is the City Council growing a spine? That may be the case, as the Finance Committee sent Mayor Daley's plan for property tax relief back to City Hall Monday for revisions....
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Extra, Extra
Photo by VtotheendL Two people are dead and four were hurt in a fire this afternoon near suburban Bloomingdale. A week after his body was found in the Chicago River and a day after he was...
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Sun-Times Goes After Dollar Store Demographic
Source photo by P/\UL We don't know about you, but whenever we head out to the dollar store for some off-brand jerky, a 20 oz. Mountain Dew, and some expired baby aspirin, we often think, "Gee,...
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County Sales Tax Rollback Vetoed - Here We Go Again
It's the same old song and dance at the County Building this afternoon, as Todd Stroger once again vetoed the rollback of his penny-on-the-dollar sales tax. The tax was recently voted down (again) by the Cook...
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Ten Charged In Marriage Scams
Ten people - including former county workers - were indicted last week on charges of taking part in a scam that arranged scam marriages between immigrants and American citizens and would have helped the immigrants circumvent immigration...
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Fox Uncovers "Loophole" in O'Hare Security
It's about to be one of - if not the - busiest travel weeks of the year, so it must also be time for a news station to ring the alarm on holes in security at...
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Not Guilty Plea In Case Of Erin Andrews' Alleged Stalker
ESPN personality, Erin Andrews. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) An area man accused of stalking and illegally videotaping ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews has pleaded not guilty on one count of interstate stalking. The plea was entered in...
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Body Pulled From Lake Michigan
The body of a white man in his 40s was pulled from Lake Michigan this morning after a jogger along the lakefront path spotted him. Authorities say the man was fully clothed and had identification on him,...
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Cubs Combat Casino
Photo by Herkie This past winter, the Chicago Cubs battled a rooftop owner who claimed his view of the field for the NHL's Winter Classic was blocked by a jumbotron installed for the game. Now, the...
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Chicago Boxer Dies Two Days After Fight
Photo via A tragic story from Philadelphia where a Chicago-based boxer, Francisco Rodriguez, has died just two days after a fight. According to ESPN, Rodriguez's fight on Friday night with Teon Kennedy - for the vacant...
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Morning Box Score: Bears Fall To Eagles
Playing in prime time for the fourth time this season, the Bears crumbled under the lights yet again -- this time losing 24-20 to the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field. In spite of a few extra days...
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Morning Box Score
AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck 'Hawks Win Seventh Straight No home games, no problem. The Blackhawks' win streak, which started at the United Center, has continued on the current road trip as the 'Hawks have...
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Stroger Promises Veto On Tax Roll Back
Stroger (left) and Peraica (right); AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Yesterday, Cook County Board President Board president Todd Stroger once again promised to veto last week's half-percent sales tax roll back passed by commissioners. Asked about a possible...
