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The Chicago Sun-Times, one of two major daily newspapers in Chicago, is the flagship newspaper in the Sun-Times Media Group, which also owns an array of publications in the Chicago area. The company was known as Hollinger International Inc. when it was controlled by Canadian media baron Conrad Black through Ravelston Corp., a Canadian holding company. The Sun-Times had a succession of owners after it was sold to Rupert Murdoch in 1984 by Marshall Field IV, whose family had owned it for decades. Black and three former Hollinger executives, Peter Atkinson, John Boultbee and Mark Kipnis, were convicted of fraud in connection with bogus non-compete payments at Chicago-based Hollinger. Black also was convicted...
The Chicago Sun-Times, one of two major daily newspapers in Chicago, is the flagship newspaper in the Sun-Times Media Group, which also owns an array of publications in the Chicago area. The company was known as Hollinger International Inc. when it was controlled by Canadian media baron Conrad Black through Ravelston Corp., a Canadian holding company. The Sun-Times had a succession of owners after it was sold to Rupert Murdoch in 1984 by Marshall Field IV, whose family had owned it for decades. Black and three former Hollinger executives, Peter Atkinson, John Boultbee and Mark Kipnis, were convicted of fraud in connection with bogus non-compete payments at Chicago-based Hollinger. Black also was convicted of obstruction of justice for taking 13 boxes out of his Toronto office during the federal probe.
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Prison watchdog group to hold inmate art show
For Chicago-based prison watchdog group the John Howard Association, art is a way to rehabilitate inmates and recognize them for creating something positive. But for the families of crime victims, art is a luxury that shouldn't be afforded to the men...Tags: John Howard
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Ten Groups Bid On Cubs
Ten investment groups have made offers to buy the Cubs, and more than 20 made proposals to purchase just Wrigley Field, the Chicago Sun-Times reported as the deadline for bids that could total $1 billion for the two Chicago landmarks came and went Friday....Tags: Chicago Cubs, Paul Lo Duca, Johnny Estrada, Adam Eaton, Newspapers
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Appeals court says woman can sue former employer
A federal appeals court has ruled that a woman who says she was fired from her suburban Chicago job after taking time off to undergo infertility treatment can proceed with a discrimination suit against her former employer. The decision Wednesday...Tags: Naperville, Court Administration, Minority Groups, Local Authority, Reproduction
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Conrad Black seeks fresh appeal of his fraud case
AP Legal Affairs WriterFormer press lord Conrad M. Black is asking a federal appeals court to take another look at the fraud and obstruction of justice convictions that landed him in a Florida prison. A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month...Tags: George Ryan, Bribery, Lawyers, Prosecution, Court Administration
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Report: Chicago real estate firm bids for Wrigley
AP Business WriterA Chicago-area commercial real estate group has made an offer to buy Wrigley Field, the iconic and historic home of the Chicago Cubs, according to a report Thursday. A story on the Chicago Sun-Times Web site said Inland Real Estate Group of Companies...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Real Estate, Real Estate Sellers, Inland Real Estate Corporation, Ameritrade Holding Corporation
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iPhone 3G fiasco could have been avoided
What were you thinking?" a legendary editor at The Sun, Tony Barbieri, would ask his underperforming underlings. Before they could respond (they knew better), he would answer the question for them: "You weren't thinking." After Apple made a perfect...Tags: New York Times, New Products, Newspapers, AT&T Corp.
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Brother charged in 16-year-old's shooting death
Authorities have filed an involuntary manslaughter charge against the brother of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally shot during a domestic incident in the family's apartment in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. The Chicago Police News Affairs office...Tags: Logan Square, Murder
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Recent Illinois editorials
We need to get out of the way. Imagine Frankie Valli and the boys, standing on a Jersey street corner, smacking their Nicorette gum. It just wouldn't be the same. But the Jersey Boys have been forced to stub out their cigarettes onstage, thanks to...Tags: Traffic, Bodies of Water, Commuting, Censorship, Smoking
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Two teens and older man slain
Chicago Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two teenagers in weekend violence. Seventeen-year-old Marlow Jones was shot while standing on the street early Sunday morning in the West Pullman neighborhood. Police say a 35-year-old man also...Tags: Little Village, Murder
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Obama's foreign trip: Shaping up to be quite a thing
Spin CycleLynn Sweet, the Chicago Sun-Times chief Obama chaser, has compiled a tentative schedule for his upcoming foreign trip: July 18 London July 22 and 23 Israel July 24 France July 25 Germany With stops in Jordan, Iraq (including a......
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