Jazz Festival in Grant Part on the 5th of September
09-07-2010
(CHICAGO) September 5, 2010 –Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling.
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Soldier Field high school football kick-off classic
08-30-2010
(CHICAGO) August 30, 2010-High School Football Kick-Off Classic
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Chicago Mayor Daley says won't run for reelection
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley said on Tuesday he will not run for reelection to a seventh term in February, saying simply that it was the right time for him to leave.
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Call for Sept 11 truce over New York Muslim center
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Families of September 11 victims are arguing whether to call a truce on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as debate rages over plans for a Muslim center near the World Trade Center site.
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U.S. judge refuses to lift ban on govt stem cell funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite warnings from the Obama administration that it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.
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Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan
MIAMI (Reuters) - Civil and military leaders stepped up calls on Tuesday for an obscure U.S. pastor to drop his plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, as fears grew it would fan religious hatred.
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Hermine lashes south Texas, 3 other storms possible
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine barely maintained its tropical storm status on Tuesday as 40 mile per hour winds kept lashing south Texas and the storm moved further inland about 15 miles south-southeast of San Antonio, Texas, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Colorado couple in court in Russian adoption abuse case
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Reuters) - Court proceedings for a Colorado couple accused of abusing three girls adopted from Russia were postponed on Tuesday after a defense lawyer told a judge that plea negotiations were under way.
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CT gov offers plan to rein in pension liabilities
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The governor of Connecticut on Tuesday unveiled a plan to reduce the state's $34 billion in unfunded pension and health care liabilities, including capping individual pensions at $100,000 per year.
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U.S. court declines a review of drug patent deals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Appeals Court on Tuesday declined to consider a deeper legal review of patent settlements by drug companies that pay rivals to delay production of generic drugs, setting the stage for the Supreme Court or Congress to address the matter.
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NIH to use BP cash to study spill health effects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it would use $10 million from BP to start a multiyear study to look at the potential health effects from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Malpractice liability costs U.S. $55.6 billion: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical malpractice liability costs the U.S. healthcare system more than $55 billion a year, most of it in "defensive" medical practices such as extra tests and scans, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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