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Chicago Sun-Times: Britain wants G20 insurance against future bailouts

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

Chicago Sun-Times: Laid-off workers tapping 401(k) funds to survive

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

As the last of his severance pay dwindled away in March, Brad Cleghorn of northwest suburban Marengo cashed out his 401(k) plan in order to pay his mortgage and feed his family. Cleghorn is not alone. A Hewitt Associates study shows that 46 percent of workers with 401(k) plans who lost or switched jobs cashed the plans in, a trend that could lead to serious problems when younger generations of people working today reach retirement.

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago Firefighters get new tool to revive pets

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

Up to 150,000 pets die in fires every year, succumbing mostly to smoke inhalation. But, increasingly, fire departments across the country are using pet oxygen masks to revive the animals.

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago Firefighters get new tool to revive pets

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

Up to 150,000 pets die in fires every year, succumbing mostly to smoke inhalation. But, increasingly, fire departments across the country are using pet oxygen masks to revive the animals.

Chicago Sun-Times: Two men from northwest suburbs charged with beating sleepwalker

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Two suburban Chicago men have been charged with beating an Iowa man who sleepwalks after they found him asleep in the Iowa City apartment of a third accused man.

Chicago Sun-Times: Two men from northwest suburbs charged with beating sleepwalker

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Two suburban Chicago men have been charged with beating an Iowa man who sleepwalks after they found him asleep in the Iowa City apartment of a third accused man.

Chicago Sun-Times: British Columbia already gets $821M Olympics bonus: study

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

Chicago aimed to win the 2016 Olympics -- citing job creation and a storm of new dollars blowing into the Windy City.

Chicago Sun-Times: British Columbia already gets $821M Olympics bonus: study

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

Chicago aimed to win the 2016 Olympics -- citing job creation and a storm of new dollars blowing into the Windy City.

Chicago Sun-Times: Snows of Kilimanjaro rapidly melting

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone.

Chicago Sun-Times: Baltimore mayor's trial to start in gift-card scandal

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

BALTIMORE -- The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power.