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- Mortgage-fraud ring leader gets 20 years in prison
- Chicago's blizzard bill: $37 million
- Man gets 20 years and must pay $56 million for fraud
- Courtney Love deal shows libel rules apply on Twitter
- Big drop in kids' ear infections; less smoking may be a reason
- Naperville teaching aide charged with sex with student
- Your Voice: Write about the royal wedding (The Newsroom)
- Trial begins in pregnant woman's death
- Chicago's blizzard bill: $37 million
- Loyola U. unloads hospitals; getting out of business
- Southwest Airlines slows as it grows
- ROTC returns to Harvard
- City could pay $3M to settle Red Line cop shooting >> Video
- Hefner takes Playboy private
- Cubs' Silva gives his side of scuffle with Ramirez
- Queen Elizabeth to make first visit to Ireland
- Cops: Naperville teacher's aide had sex with student
- Wis. governor promises layoffs | Lawmaker talks about tackle
- Statue of Mary headed to NW Indiana shrine
- The Fast Fix: Pushing up the primaries (The Newsroom)
| Mortgage-fraud ring leader gets 20 years in prison Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:20 PM PST Scheme hurt neighborhoods, defrauded lenders of tens of millions of dollars The damage to suburban Frankfort by Bobbie Brown Jr.'s elaborate mortgage fraud scheme was cleaned up long ago, but on Friday, Mayor Jim Holland had one last piece of business left.  |
| Chicago's blizzard bill: $37 million Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:08 PM PST Tab for airports alone put at $14.5 million The $37.3 million the city spent to dig out from the February blizzard was more than double what Mayor Richard Daley set aside for snow removal for the whole year, officials said today.  |
| Man gets 20 years and must pay $56 million for fraud Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:09 PM PST A Country Club Hills man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison and was ordered to pay more than $56 million today in a mortgage fraud scheme in what is being called among the largest federal prosecutions in Chicago, officials said.  |
| Courtney Love deal shows libel rules apply on Twitter Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:20 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Courtney Love's settlement of a case sparked by online attacks on a fashion designer show that while Twitter posts may be short, they can also be costly.  |
| Big drop in kids' ear infections; less smoking may be a reason Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:52 PM PST ATLANTA (AP) — Ear infections, a scourge that has left countless tots screaming through the night, have fallen dramatically, and some researchers suggest a decline in smoking by parents might be part of the reason.  |
| Naperville teaching aide charged with sex with student Posted: 04 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PST  |
| Your Voice: Write about the royal wedding (The Newsroom) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:23 PM PST
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| Trial begins in pregnant woman's death Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PST The slaying of the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle was "cold, calculated and premeditated," prosecutors said today as they outlined their case against defendant Marni Yang.  |
| Chicago's blizzard bill: $37 million Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:28 PM PST The City of Chicago spent $37.3 million for snow removal and other costs related to the blizzard in early February. The spending was more than double the city's entire 2011 snow budget of $17.4 million.  |
| Loyola U. unloads hospitals; getting out of business Posted: 04 Mar 2011 11:44 AM PST  |
| Southwest Airlines slows as it grows Posted: 03 Mar 2011 07:33 PM PST Carrier's on-time performance suffering as number of flights, passengers soars The budget airline's on-time performance is suffering as the number of its flights and passengers soars. The problems are especially acute at Midway Airport.  |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PST BOSTON (AP) — The Reserve Officer Training Corps' four-decade exile from Harvard University campus ends Friday with an agreement that was spurred by a congressional vote allowing gays to serve openly in the military.  |
| City could pay $3M to settle Red Line cop shooting >> Video Posted: 04 Mar 2011 10:20 AM PST  |
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| Cubs' Silva gives his side of scuffle with Ramirez Posted: 04 Mar 2011 09:10 AM PST  |
| Queen Elizabeth to make first visit to Ireland Posted: 04 Mar 2011 11:58 AM PST LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II will make her first-ever state visit to the Republic of Ireland, British and Irish officials said Friday.  |
| Cops: Naperville teacher's aide had sex with student Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:06 AM PST A Naperville high school teacher's aide has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a student she had been tutoring for several years, authorities said today.  |
| Wis. governor promises layoffs | Lawmaker talks about tackle Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:58 AM PST MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of Wisconsin state workers were bracing for layoff notices Friday as Republican Gov. Scott Walker and absent Democrats remained in a standoff over a budget balancing bill that would also strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights.  |
| Statue of Mary headed to NW Indiana shrine Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:24 AM PST A nearly 34-foot-tall statue of the Virgin Mary, which has traveled around the Chicago area for years, will find a permanent home in northwestern Indiana next month.  |
| The Fast Fix: Pushing up the primaries (The Newsroom) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PST The Newsroom - Why are so many states scrambling to be first in the 2012 GOP primaries? To watch more episodes of "The Fast Fix", click here. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. …  |
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