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Woman Found Stabbed To Death In Lincoln Park
CHICAGO (CBS) A woman’s body was found with a knife in her chest in Lincoln Park after emergency crews responded to a 911 call early Friday.
Police received a 911 call about 2 a.m. of a person down and when crews arrived to an area near Diversey Parkway and […]
$310000 for top cop? ‘Yes, it’s worth it’: Daley
The career FBI agent chosen by Mayor Daley to clean up the Chicago Police department will be paid $310,000 a year — and he will be locked into a term that ends in March 2011.
The new and higher salary for J.P. “Jody” Weis was disclosed by the […]
In the Chicago Tribune yesterday were two letters to the editor about the bridge disaster in Minneapolis that I wanted to repost here:
Lets hope that Chicago Bridge inspectors are better than Chicago porch inspectors at discovering and remediating potential structural failures.
-Sue Ellen Levins, Chicago
As I follow the news on television about the collapse of the […]
Midwest tops for volunteers — but don’t boast, Chicago
Midwesterners are more likely to volunteer their time than are people elsewhere in the United States, according to a study released today.
The highest rates among the biggest 50 metro areas were in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where more than four in 10 adults volunteered.
Chicago, however, was not […]
Chicago man pleads guilty to uploading ‘24′ shows before premiere
A Chicago man pleaded guilty to a federal charge Monday for posting episodes of Fox’s “24″ on the Internet more than a week before they premiered on television.
Jorge Romero, 25, entered his plea in federal court to one count of uploading copyrighted work being prepared for […]