- Developer greased zoning change deal with bribe: prosecutor
Prosecutors opened their bribery case this afternoon against a Chicago developer, saying Calvin Boender paid for repair work on a Chicago alderman's home so Boender could win a zoning change and pocket $3 million.
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- CBOE Files for $300 Million IPO
CBOE Holdings Inc, which operates the biggest U.S. options exchange, said on Thursday it is planning to raise as much as $300 million in an initial public offering.
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- Daley: Chicago Is Loser In Illinois State Budget
Share + Comments Mar 9, 2010 11:09 am US/Central 1 of 1 Mayor Richard M. Daley is angry with Gov.
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- Police issue alert in attempted abduction
Police are searching for a suspect after a 13-year-old girl was grabbed by a man while walking to school this morning in the 2700 block of North Central Park Avenue.
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- Cops to Have a Taser in Every Squad Car
Every Chicago Police Department squad car will soon be equipped with a Taser. That announcement Wednesday came as top police officials said they need the option of using Tasers to subdue uncooperative suspects as an alternative to their guns and batons.
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- Alert issued for SW Side rape suspect
Chicago Police have released the name and photo of the man they are believe commited a series of sexual assaults on the Southwest Side in the past week.
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- One dead, child ejected in crash on I
One person was killed and a 9-year-old was ejected in a crash Tuesday night on Interstate 57 on the Far South Side, State Police said.
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- Tagger rescued from 'Bubbly Creek' after police foot chase dies
A man rescued Tuesday night from "Bubbly Creek" after jumping into the South Side waters to avoid police has died.
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- Man dead in branch of Chicago River
Authorities say a man believed to have been in his early 20s died after he jumped into Chicago's once-notorious Bubbly Creek to elude police.
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- FBI: Woodridge man charged in 1 bank robbery but suspected in 5 others
It was an intense but short-lived crime run for a Woodridge man suspected in six Chicago area bank robberies over the course of five weeks.
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- Robbery on 71ST Street and Dante Avenue, Chicago, Il
Violent Crime. CPD o/s with a robbery victim. BM perps fled in a Hummer. CPD has vehicle stopped.
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- Grandson of Ex
The grandson of a former Cook County commissioner was found fatally shot in a South Side alley over the weekend.
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- North Side spa owner charged with prostitution
A Northbrook woman was charged Saturday with prostitution after allegedly offering to perform a sex act on an undercover police officer at a Pulaski Park neighborhood massage parlor.
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- Mayor Daley: Gov. Quinn backed off promise on tax share
Mayor Daley accused Gov. Quinn today of a political double-cross regarding the governor's proposal to cut $300 million from the share of state income tax revenues earmarked for local government.
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- Mayor Daley Proposes Gun Restrictions for all of Illinois
The Chicago Police Department shows off confiscated guns Chicago Mayor Richard Daley wants some new gun restrictions across the State of Illinois.
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- Coalition Against Ameren rate Hike
Champaign- It's called roll back the rate hike campaign as a coalition bands together to fight a proposed rate hike by Ameren.
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- Man Accused Of Punching ER Doc Held On $250K Bond
Share + Mar 8, 2010 3:51 pm US/Central A south suburban man accused of punching an emergency room doctor on the South Side on Sunday -- knocking the doctor's tooth loose and causing him to fall -- was ordered held on $250,000 bond Monday.
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- Chicago bridge prelude to high
A $133-million federal stimulus project to build a railroad "flyover" at the Metra, Amtrak and freight tracks in Englewood will untie a knot in the nation's rail system and make way for high-speed rail, government and rail officials said Friday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. "The single biggest source of delays in the Midwest is right here at ...
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- South Side Crash Injures 11
Share + Mar 8, 2010 5:03 am US/Central Eleven people were injured -- one critically -- when two vans crashed in the Englewood neighborhood.
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- The Best BBQ Restaurants in Chicago, Illinois
If you plan to visit the Chicago area and would love to eat at a great BBQ restaurant, check out my top 3 BBQ restaurants in Chicago, Illinois.
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