Chicago cabbie sentenced to 7 1/2 years in terrorism case
A Chicago cab driver of Pakistani descent was sentenced today to 7 1/2 years in prison for providing a few hundred dollars to a Kashmiri nationalist group connected to al-Qaeda.Raja...
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Chicago cabbie sentenced to 7 1/2 years in terrorism case
A Chicago cab driver of Pakistani descent was sentenced today to 7 1/2 years in prison for providing a few hundred dollars to a Kashmiri nationalist group connected to al-Qaeda....
Reputed mobster gets 8 years in robbery plot
Art Rachel was not ready for reform — or retirement. The 74-year-old reputed mobster was sentenced Thursday to almost 81/2 years in prison for plotting to rob an armored truck...
Mobster gets 8 1/2 years after telling judge, ‘We got nothing better to do’
A mob figure – legendary for his conviction for stealing the Marlborough Diamond in England decades ago – was sentenced to about 8 1/2 years in prison today for plotting...
Graduation cheering: To whoop, or not to whoop?
Sporadic outbursts of cheering and applause — and sometimes blasts from air horns — have become as much a part of the soundtrack at some high school graduations as "Pomp...
Transit of Venus transfixes folks across Chicago area
Amateur Chicago-area astronomers turned their attention skyward Tuesday evening to catch a glimpse of a pinprick-size disc — Venus floating past the sun. The planet's orbit carried it between the...
Midwesterners will have good view of Transit of Venus
Venus will begin its twice-a-century trip between the Earth and the sun this evening, and Midwesterners will have a decent view of a celestial event that will not occur again...
Midwesterners will have good view of Transit of Venus
Venus will begin its twice-a-century trip between the Earth and the sun this evening, and Midwesterners will have a decent view of a celestial event that will not occur again...
Felony Franks’ doors may soon slam shut, owner says
The owner of Felony Franks, a Near West Side hot dog stand known for hiring ex-convicts and for its criminal justice-themed menu, says his business is on death row. Jim...
‘Bolt gun’ used to kill race horse in Indiana
A race horse found dead in a Lowell, Ind., pasture was killed with a device used to slaughter livestock, authorities say.Lady May Z, an 8-year-old trotting horse that was found...