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- Obama thanks team that carried out Bin Laden mission
- Economy adds jobs for a third straight month
- Game 3: Bulls vs. Hawks
- Daley leaving Emanuel slightly smaller budget gap
- Traffic rerouted after box found on NW Side bus
- Quinn to attend civil unions in Millennium Park
- Daley leaving Emanuel slightly smaller budget gap
- Big Illinois employers plan nearly 500 layoffs
- Old charge holds Gary man who said he buried son
- Man slain in Loop 'did not deserve this'
- Obama thanks team that got bin Laden
- Hiring by U.S. companies hits 5-year high in April
- Dozens killed in Syrian clashes
- Low Oprah network ratings cost CEO her job
- 19 charged in Lake County pizza-delivery drug ring
- Indiana residents: Gas prices are forcing us to park our cars
- Motorola gets $100M from Illinois to keep HQ in state
- Haugh: Boozer needs to sit
- Tribune Co. names Hartenstein president and CEO
- Fast-food workers 'heroes' for stopping attack >> Video
Obama thanks team that carried out Bin Laden mission Posted: 06 May 2011 02:51 PM PDT Buoyant after talking with the assault force that killed the world's most wanted terrorist, President Obama on Friday declared to a hangar full of cheering soldiers that Osama bin Laden's death is proof the U.S. is making progress in Afghanistan and that the mission will ultimately be successful. |
Economy adds jobs for a third straight month Posted: 06 May 2011 03:45 PM PDT Higher oil prices and fears about a slowdown in the recovery fail to deter employers, who add 244,000 new jobs to the economy in April across a wide spectrum of industries. The gains are tempered by a rise in the unemployment rate to 9%, up from 8.8%. The American economy created a healthy batch of new jobs in April for the third straight month, allaying fears of a stall in hiring due to higher oil prices and concerns about an economic slowdown. |
Posted: 06 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT Yes, Derrick Rose and the Bulls are making it look easy as they continue to control Game 3, leading 80-63 going into the final quarter. Rose has 34 points, four rebounds, and six assists. |
Daley leaving Emanuel slightly smaller budget gap Posted: 06 May 2011 03:59 PM PDT Shortfall shrinks, but Daley still leaving Emanuel to face $587 million gap The big budget shortfall Mayor Richard Daley is bequeathing successor Rahm Emanuel isn't quite as bad as City Hall financial forecasters previously thought. |
Traffic rerouted after box found on NW Side bus Posted: 06 May 2011 03:12 PM PDT Officials rerouted traffic near a busy Northwest Side intersection this afternoon as they investigated a suspicious box found on a CTA bus. |
Quinn to attend civil unions in Millennium Park Posted: 06 May 2011 02:39 PM PDT Gov. Pat Quinn will be in Chicago's Millennium Park on June 2 to watch 30 same-sex couples enter into civil unions. |
Daley leaving Emanuel slightly smaller budget gap Posted: 06 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT |
Big Illinois employers plan nearly 500 layoffs Posted: 06 May 2011 01:17 PM PDT Major employers told the state last month that they plan to cut 474 employees, mostly in Rolling Meadows and Elk Grove Village, starting this month for reasons ranging from lost contracts to relocations. |
Old charge holds Gary man who said he buried son Posted: 06 May 2011 03:01 PM PDT A Gary man who admitted to police that he buried his 13-year-old son in a shallow grave was being held without bail on an unrelated larceny charge while local police traveled to Kentucky to investigate the boy's 2009 death, officials said today. |
Man slain in Loop 'did not deserve this' Posted: 06 May 2011 02:43 PM PDT A man was shot to death during an apparent robbery in a convenience store he ran at Wabash Avenue and Jackson Boulevard for more than 20 years. His brother spoke through tears: "He did not deserve this." |
Obama thanks team that got bin Laden Posted: 06 May 2011 02:51 PM PDT Buoyant after talking with the assault force that killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama today declared to cheering soldiers that bin Laden's death is proof the U.S. is making progress in Afghanistan. |
Hiring by U.S. companies hits 5-year high in April Posted: 06 May 2011 01:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies created jobs at the fastest pace in five years in April, pointing to underlying strength in the economy, even as the jobless rate rose to 9.0 percent. |
Dozens killed in Syrian clashes Posted: 06 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces killed 22 protesters on Friday demanding an end to President Bashar al-Assad's rule, rights campaigners said, and the European Union agreed to impose sanctions in response to his crackdown. |
Low Oprah network ratings cost CEO her job Posted: 06 May 2011 11:19 AM PDT Discovery Communications Inc. and Oprah Winfrey said Friday that they replaced Christina Norman as chief executive of OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, with an interim CEO after a tough start for the 5-month-old cable network. |
19 charged in Lake County pizza-delivery drug ring Posted: 06 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT Nineteen people have been charged in a wide-ranging Lake County cocaine ring bust that authorities said at times operated out of two well-known pizza parlors and used pizza delivery vehicles to distribute the drugs. |
Indiana residents: Gas prices are forcing us to park our cars Posted: 05 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT Indiana residents say record-high gasoline prices are forcing them to park their cars, stay home more often and ride their bicycles. |
Motorola gets $100M from Illinois to keep HQ in state Posted: 06 May 2011 01:06 PM PDT Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. will receive a state financial package worth more than $100 million over 10 years to keep its corporate headquarters in Libertyville, Gov. Pat Quinn announced Friday. |
Posted: 06 May 2011 09:46 AM PDT Bulls should sit power forward against Hawks so he can mend for the playoffs' next round Expecting Carlos Boozer suddenly to manhandle the Hawks inside beginning Friday night in Atlanta is like thinking, this time, the ant will crush the shoe. |
Tribune Co. names Hartenstein president and CEO Posted: 06 May 2011 08:55 AM PDT The board of Chicago-based Tribune Co. on Friday announced it had appointed Los Angeles Times Publisher Eddy Hartenstein as president and chief executive of the media concern, which has operated under bankruptcy protection since December 2008. |
Fast-food workers 'heroes' for stopping attack >> Video Posted: 06 May 2011 06:52 AM PDT Two fast-food workers are being hailed as heroes after stepping in to stop three people from beating up one of their customers in the restaurant's drive-thru. |
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