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Sun-Times Announces Major Reorganization Of Editorial Department

LarzCRM — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:48:44 +0000

More executive changes at the Chicago Sun-Times as the company tries to better itself from the rest of the newspaper industry. Details on the CRM News Page here... var...

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GE Transportation to move headquarters to Chicago

HST — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:45:02 +0000

GE Transportation — a builder of equipment that moves the rail, mining and marine industries — is moving its global headquarters from Erie, Pa. to Chicago, bringing 150 jobs and prestige to the...

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Q101′s DJ Electra Arrested For Allegedly Slapping Boyfriend

HST — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:43:40 +0000

The woman best known locally as DJ Electra from the old Q101 radio has been charged with domestic battery, for allegedly smacking her boyfriend in their Ravenswood Manor neighborhood home. var...

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Emanuel, firefighters union clash over new contract

I-in-Chi — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:42:23 +0000

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday that a new contract for Chicago firefighters will need to include cost-cutting reforms to the way the department operates, but the union is vowing to fight the...

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Indianapolis Colts Co-Owner Sells Near North Townhouse

I-in-Chi — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:41:54 +0000

HORSE TRADING: The NFL team’s vice chair and her husband almost break even on the house bought from her father, Jim Irsay var...

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City Estimates NATO Parking Meter Bill At $65,000

I-in-Chi — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:41:12 +0000

City of Chicago officials are telling the Chicago Tribune that they estimate the bill for the loss of parking meter revenue due to the recent NATO Summit to be around $65,000. var...

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Should Tamms be saved for the jobs?

jessland — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:30:12 +0000

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"My Kind of Town" Opens Conversation on Corruption with the Experts and the Victims

me3dia — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:45:30 +0000

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Prairie Avenue Bookshop and Hyde Park's Dr. Wax Live On as Art

ChicagoArchitecture — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:48:59 +0000

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Executive editor John Barron leaving Sun-Times

OffendedPeacock — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:18:49 +0000

John Barron announced Tuesday he was stepping down as executive editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, effective immediately. Jim Kirk, who is editor in chief of the Sun-Times and the suburban newspapers...

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