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- Small town rallies for missing mom's 4 girls
- Berrios puts son, sister on assessor payroll
- GOP blocks $250 to Social Security recipients
- Council gushes over Pippen
- Reports: Franklin has cancer
- Hollywood publicist shot in botched robbery, police say
- Daley, aldermen urge pension veto
- Teen convicted in Fenger beating
- Husband of woman missing after crash died of broken neck
- More homeowners taking in tenants
- Complaint says CPS flunking policy harms blacks, Latinos
- Arrest made in plot to blow up recruiting center
- Feds: Milwaukee man lied about role in Bosnian massacre
- Pena signs deal with Cubs
- Obama urges Dems, public to back tax cut deal
- Obama urges Democrats, public to back his tax cut deal with GOP
- Konerko reups with Sox
- Subzero temps to hit Sunday
- U.S. soldier has been held captive by Taliban for 526 days (The Starting Point)
- Man shot, hails cab to hospital
| Small town rallies for missing mom's 4 girls Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:03 PM PST Woman vanished after car crash that killed her husband Plastic coffee cans and tubs draped with a picture of four smiling Shannon sisters or messages about their plight rest along the bar at neighboring taverns in tiny Ransom.  |
| Berrios puts son, sister on assessor payroll Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST  |
| GOP blocks $250 to Social Security recipients Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:35 PM PST The one-time payment falls short of the supermajority needed for passage in the House, and the 60-vote margin required to avoid a Senate filibuster. Republicans say they fear the $13-billion payout would raise the deficit. A proposal to provide a one-time payment of $250 to Social Security recipients failed in both the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday.  |
| Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:52 PM PST  |
| Posted: 08 Dec 2010 01:02 PM PST Sources say that Grammy award-winning singer Aretha Franklin has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The Queen of Soul has not publicly confirmed the illness but did release a statement earlier this month saying she had successful surgery. Franklin, 68, canceled all public appearances through May of next year.  |
| Hollywood publicist shot in botched robbery, police say Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:21 PM PST Ronni Chasen was killed in a botched robbery by a Hollywood man with a long criminal record who appears to have acted alone and may have shot the publicist while riding a bike, Beverly Hills police believe.  |
| Daley, aldermen urge pension veto Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:27 PM PST Chicago aldermen sent a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn today urging him not to sign a pension reform bill passed by the General Assembly as Mayor Richard Daley continued to express his frustration with the plan.  |
| Teen convicted in Fenger beating Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:26 PM PST After deliberating about half an hour, jurors convicted a 15-year-old boy of murder in the beating death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert.  |
| Husband of woman missing after crash died of broken neck Posted: 07 Dec 2010 10:38 PM PST  |
| More homeowners taking in tenants Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST In suburbs from Glencoe to Joliet, homeowners who need more income and renters who need cheap places to live are finding each other Call it a sign of the tough economic times: In suburbs from Glencoe to Joliet, homeowners who need more income and renters who need cheap places to live are finding each other.  |
| Complaint says CPS flunking policy harms blacks, Latinos Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:41 PM PST An organization representing Chicago Public Schools parents filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education today, alleging the district's policy of flunking students based on standardized test scores has disproportionately harmed black and Latino students.  |
| Arrest made in plot to blow up recruiting center Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:25 PM PST Suspect had made posts on Facebook, watched bin Laden videos in library A 21-year-old Baltimore man has been arrested for attempting to blow up a military recruitment center in Catonsville with a fake bomb supplied by federal agents.  |
| Feds: Milwaukee man lied about role in Bosnian massacre Posted: 08 Dec 2010 08:07 AM PST MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Milwaukee man with covering up his role in the mass execution of thousands of Bosnian Muslins in the mid-1990s so he could come to the United States.  |
| Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST  |
| Obama urges Dems, public to back tax cut deal Posted: 08 Dec 2010 08:49 AM PST  |
| Obama urges Democrats, public to back his tax cut deal with GOP Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:56 PM PST In the face of strong opposition, the president joins in criticizing an extended tax cut for the rich in the face of the deficit and hard times, but says it's the only way to protect middle-class tax cuts and unemployment benefits. President Obama mounted a hard sell Tuesday for his proposed tax cut compromise, moving to quell a growing rebellion among congressional Democrats while appealing directly to the American people about the economic urgency of a deal that mostly pleases Republicans.  |
| Posted: 08 Dec 2010 09:31 AM PST  |
| Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:56 AM PST Temperatures could plunge to 10 below as the Chicago area gets hit with some of the frostiest weather it's seen in nearly two years.  |
| U.S. soldier has been held captive by Taliban for 526 days (The Starting Point) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:57 AM PST
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| Man shot, hails cab to hospital Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:18 AM PST  |
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