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Obama to tap Richardson for Commerce post (03 December 01:18) |
| CHICAGO (AP) _ Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama plans to name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his choice for Commerce Secretary on Wednesday.
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Stocks clawing way back (03 December 01:12) |
| NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street rebounded Tuesday, regaining some of the ground lost in the previous session's huge drop, as the potential for a bailout of the beleaguered auto industry helped c... |
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FBI sting snares 15 law-enforcement officers (03 December 12:50) |
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McDonald's worker tied up in armed robbery (03 December 12:23) |
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Without Ebert or Roeper, 'At the Movies' ratings slide (03 December 12:19) |
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Meter rates quadrupling (02 December 11:54) |
| Rates for most city parking meters will increase to $1 an hour -- and the most expensive meters will hit $6.50 by 2013 -- as a result of Mayor Daley's deal to lease the spots to a private fi... |
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DeKalb crash kills 2 Chicago women (02 December 10:55) |
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Bush: 'Unprepared for war' (02 December 09:44) |
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Ford CEO: Will work for $1 (02 December 11:57) |
| DETROIT (AP) _ Ford Motor Co. will tell Congress that it plans to return to a pretax profit or break even in 2011 when its CEO appears before two legislative committees this week.
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Tina Fey's scar: Nobody's perfect (02 December 04:50) |
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Dow plunges nearly 680 (02 December 04:34) |
| NEW YORK (AP) _ The reality that the nation is indeed in recession and that the downturn may well be prolonged sent Wall Street plunging Monday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearl... |
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Arrest in Hudson slayings (02 December 03:45) |
| Chicago police said today they have arrested William Balfour for the murders of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's family members.
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Durbin: Commute Ryan sentence (02 December 02:52) |
| Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin notes the 74-year-old Ryan "has lost his state pension benefits and a commutation will not restore them. He would emerge from prison facing economic uncertainty a... |
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Amnesty offered for red-light, parking tickets (02 December 02:01) |
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DCFS drops jobseeker drug tests (02 December 01:32) |
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Obama's picks: Team of rivals -- or flock of hawks? (02 December 12:46) |
| Steve Chapman: The president-elect's national security team is a curious lineup for someone who owes the election largely to his Iraq war opposition.
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At least 3 bidders for Cubs in new round (02 December 12:44) |
| At least three prospective buyers have submitted a new round of bids to Tribune Co. for the Chicago Cubs, one of professional sports' trophy franchises.
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Snow ending, towing starts • Photos (01 December 06:17) |
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Democratic officials: Clinton to be sec. of state (30 November 04:12) |
| President-elect Barack Obama planned to nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday, transforming a once-bitter political rivalry into a high-level strategic and... |
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Mumbai attacks increase U.S. perils in region (30 November 11:30) |
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8 hurt in Far South Side crash involving ambulance (29 November 11:15) |
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Chicago families rescued in India (29 November 10:02) |
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50 years later: The fire that 'changed everything' (29 November 11:30) |
| Students gathered at windows and jumped to safety to flee the fire that killed 92 children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels grade school on the city's West side.
Video: Victim... |
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7 state parks, 12 historic sites to be closed (29 November 11:30) |
| 7 state parks, 12 historic sites to be shut down as part of Blagojevich effort to reduce spending
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Local school band tapped for Rose Bowl parade (29 November 11:30) |
| The Marian Catholic High School band will march in the Tournament of Roses Parade in 2010, after participating in last year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. It will be the band'... |
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County work program at school draws protest (29 November 11:30) |
| Ken Rusin was shocked this month when he saw participants in a Cook County alternative sentencing program at a Barrington school as he was picking up his 5-year-old son from kindergarten.
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Snow headed this way? (29 November 11:30) |
| Quiet holiday weather continues through Saturday—a boon for area shoppers and Midwest travelers—but evidence grows that homeward-bound travelers may have to contend with snow on ... |
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Scientists: Mussel-fighting bacteria found (29 November 11:30) |
| But germ can't be used on wide scale, so its utility is limited, they warn
Researchers seeking to s... |
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Black Friday brings in shoppers, browsers (29 November 09:00) |
| Black Friday brings in shoppers, many just looking
Dulled by a barrage of markdowns from anxious retailers, shoppers turned ... |
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River drowning victim mourned (21 November 11:18) |
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U.S. attorney returns to work after collapse (21 November 11:06) |
| WASHINGTON (AP) _ Attorney General Michael Mukasey was given "a clean bill of health" and hoped to check out of the hospital after extensive medical tests following his collapse, the Justice... |
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Chicago cops to hold gang-fighting summit (21 November 10:28) |
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Obama makes video pitch for Olympics (21 November 08:53) |
| President elect delivers taped address to IOC members
The president-elect delivered a message dear ... |
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Sports columnist Downey out at Tribune (21 November 06:43) |
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Woman found dead at store (21 November 06:36) |
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Mislabeled foods threaten kids with allergies (21 November 11:30) |
| Mislabeling, lax oversight threaten people with allergies
Search our database of recalled food
Tribune investigation
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16-year jobless high (21 November 12:02) |
| More evidence of a job market rapidly weakening -- and expected to get worse next year.
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New O'Hare runway ready for takeoff (20 November 11:35) |
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Pro-environment Waxman wins House post (20 November 11:34) |
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Tollway OKs high-occupancy toll lanes (20 November 11:14) |
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Pritzker: No to Cabinet job (20 November 10:42) |
| Penny Pritzker, who was Obama's finance chairman, has run into business obstacles that likely will prevent her from becoming commerce secretary.
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Dentist who aided prostitutes to be sentenced (20 November 09:33) |
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Don't expect A-list entertainment at Illinois inaugural ball (20 November 08:23) |
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Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects from Guantanamo (20 November 12:24) |
| WASHINGTON (AP) _ A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administr... |
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Chicago police vet fired over $1 bag of trail mix (20 November 11:30) |
| Chicago officer says he forgot to pay
A 22-year veteran Chicago police officer was fired last month... |
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Charges dent Mark Cuban's bid to buy Cubs (18 November 11:30) |
| Insider trading allegations give MLB reason to deny him
Insider-trading charges brought Monday against Mark Cuban, an Intern... |
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Africa: War on terror's hidden front (18 November 11:30) |
| U.S. military quietly trying to wage peace in Africa By Paul Salopek Tribune correspondent
The d... |
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Christmas pageant explores Scientology (18 November 11:30) |
| What may be the season's most experimental Christmas pageant opens this week at A Red Orchid Theatre.
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Terkel's legacy unbroken (18 November 11:30) |
| Confronting death is not something we do often, at least willingly, in the theater or in life. We avoid it and turn on the TV instead, as one Chicago-based aid worker told Studs Terkel in hi... |
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Big 3 auto makers, two hard choices (18 November 11:00) |
| Without an infusion of cash, one or more could go bankrupt. But the problems won't end with a bailout.
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