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How long can Sun-Times survive without guardian angel Jim Tyree?
Tyree, 53, a lifelong Chicagoan and prominent business leader who was chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Mesirow Financial since 1994, died of complications from stomach cancer. He had been battling numerous health problems for years.
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:06P
Filmmakers chronicle immigration debate
Similar immigrant legislation proposed in Texas would allow but not require officers to help enforce federal immigration laws. Austin Police Chief Art Acevdeo said that would not make the community safer but rather silence those who would otherwise
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:06P
Japan's crisis renews fears in Europe and China
President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that the accident in Japan had "provoked across the world a number of questions about the safety of nuclear-power stations and the energy mix." But he added: "France has chosen nuclear energy,
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:06P
5 dead in California plane crash
by : Administrator LONG BEACH, Calif., March 16 (UPI) -- A twin-engine plane crashed on takeoff from the airport in Long Beach, Calif., Wednesday, killing five people and injuring a sixth, authorities said. The dead included local developers Jeff
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:05P
Mock accident drill shows the risks of stunt on roads
to crash into a makeshift wall and catch fire. Passersby immediately rushed to the scene to inspect the accident and someone called 999. Within minutes, a police car responded followed by the fire truck, paramedics and the serious collision unit.
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:03P
6 die in accident
HYDERABAD: Six people, including a woman and her one-year-old son, died in separate road accidents in the city on Wednesday. In the first incident, Mohd Sajad, a private employee and resident of Shah Ali Banda, his wife Hasna Begum, 21,
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:03P
A Republican Fund-Raiser Is Indicted in a Ponzi Scheme
Prosecutors accuse Mr. Durham of taking money investors trusted to his business, the Fair Finance Company, and using it make loans to himself and his businesses; earlier investors were repaid with money from newer ones. From 2002 to 2009,
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:03P
Local attorney says it's time to repeal surcharges
"They just don't have the financial ability to make all their bills, get insurance and pay an additional surcharge to DPS, so what happens is they get arrested and now many of these folks who have financial problems add onto - criminal problems,
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:00P
Motorcyclist run over in North County
(KMOV) – News 4 is at the scene of an accident where a motorcyclist was reportedly run over in north St. Louis County Wednesday night around 8:30. According to the Riverview Fire Department, a female motorcyclist was traveling northbound on
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:58P
Hit-And-Run Victim Dies
Chattanooga police say a man hurt in a hit-and-run crash earlier this week has died. Wednesday night, police spokesperson Jerri Weary confirmed the death of Willie Pilcher, the pedestrian who was critically injured earlier this week on Dodson Avenue.
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:58P
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