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Cook County commissioners lower use tax
Cook County commissioners voted Wednesday to lower the tax on certain big-ticket items bought outside the county, but the move won't end lawsuits challenging its legality. The use tax targets companies based in Cook County that go elsewhere to save money...Tags: Lawyers, Cook County Government, Local Government, Justice System, Toni Preckwinkle
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Lawmaker, university spar over 'control' of Chinese dissident in U.S.
ReutersBy Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman who has been blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's main champion in Washington said people working for New York University have tried to keep him from meeting Chen, barging into a...Tags: New York University, Justice System, Chen Guangcheng, U.S. Embassy, Politics
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Britain, France face EU action over high Eurostar charges
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has given France and Britain two months to respond to a request to lower charges for passenger and freight trains to use the Channel Tunnel, or face possible court action, it said on Thursday. The Commission...Tags: International Organizations, Germany, France, Transportation, Railway Industry
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James Gandolfini's Last Director on His Death: 'I Wanted to Make Him Proud'
ReutersJun 20 (TheWrap.com) - James Gandolfini's final film will be Fox Searchlight's crime drama "Animal Rescue," starring Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace. The film's director Michael Roskam offered this statement to TheWrap regarding Gandolfini's tragic death:...Tags: Wanted (movie), Movies, Heart Attack, Entertainment, Mystic River (movie)
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Aurelius 'Reo' Miles 1914-2013
Aurelius "Reo" Miles lost a leg fighting in Italy during World War II but never let that hamper him from getting on with his life, whether it was in his job as a Chicago property manager or teaching his son to play tennis. "He walked with a limp, but it...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Realty, Stanford University, Colleges and Universities
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Sexual assault defendant has history of accusations
Many years before authorities charged Charles Oliver with five sexual assaults, at least four other women had accused him of tormenting them through violence, abuse or threatening behavior. Oliver, 45, is awaiting trial in McHenry County on charges he...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Prosecution, Sex Crimes, Theft
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State lawmakers finally respond to pension alarm
— A fire alarm blared throughout the Capitol on Wednesday as state lawmakers gathered to take a first but small step toward resolving Illinois' massive government worker pension crisis. The symbolism of legislators rushing toward the exits in...
Tags: Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Michael Madigan, Justice System, Elections
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Lawyers for accused Colorado gunman barred from psychiatric exam
ReutersBy Keith Coffman DENVER, June 19 (Reuters) - Lawyers for James Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 moviegoers in a Colorado theater last year, cannot be present during his court-ordered psychiatric examination, the...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Prosecution, Murder
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George Zimmer is out at Men's Wearhouse
The one thing George Zimmer couldn't guarantee was his job at Men's Wearhouse. The apparel retailer's founder and longtime pitchman was abruptly dismissed from his position as executive chairman, the retailer said in a curt statement Wednesday. By...
Tags: New Products, Science and Technology, Consumer Goods Industries, Apollo Group Inc., Men's Wearhouse Inc.
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'Big City' comes with big names
"I think," said David Schwimmer over breakfast the other day, "that this may be one of the funniest plays Lookingglass has ever done." Frankly, that's not a high bar. One associates Lookingglass with drama, insight and beauty, for sure. But raucous...
Tags: Friends (tv program), Daniel Craig, Navy Pier, Water Tower, Entertainment
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San Francisco 'landlords from hell' agree to prison terms
SAN FRANCISCO — A software engineer and his real estate agent wife who terrorized their tenants in a twisted attempt to force them out are back after fleeing to Italy, and each has accepted a four-year-plus prison sentence and two strikes, Dist....Tags: Lawyers, Rental Service, Prosecution, Theft, Justice System
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Woman fatally stabbed in Hollywood over $1, police say
As Christine Darlene Calderon strolled down Hollywood's Walk of Fame with her co-worker just after sunset on Tuesday, an amusing cardboard sign caught her eye. She pulled out her cellphone to snap a picture of men displaying signs asking for money...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Maryland Transit Administration, American Eagle Outfitters Incorporated, Holidays
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