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Chicago's City Council OKs strict gun law

Viewing on a PDA? Click here. CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Breaking News CRAIN'S LISTS MARKETS GO TO MY ACCOUNT GO TO CHICAGOBUSINESS.COM Friday July 2, 2010 11:31 AM City Council OKs strict gun law (AP) — Members of the Chicago City Council have approved what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United ...   Read More » View Other Top Headlines » Read This Week's Crain's CRAIN'S DAILY FEATURE Chicago Business Today — July 2 A new city ordinance aimed at making vacation rentals safer draws fire from property owners who say it threatens their industry.Read More MORE FEATURES • Enterprise City — a small-business blog • Crain's animated editorial cartoons • Check, Please! on Graham Elliot • A data-driven look at Mayor Daley's legacy SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies Executives   Crain's Chicago Business 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENTCrain's Blogs. Now You're Talking. Sure to pique your interest every business day, Crain's expert bloggers expound on government, small business, after-hours with Chicago's elite, golf and the business of sports. Click here to read what Greg Hinz, Shia Kapos, Ed Sherman and other Crain's reporters are saying today. And talk back, they'd love to hear from you.

Freed inmate names Burge, Daley in new torture suit - Chicago Breaking News

Freed inmate names Burge, Daley in new torture suit - Chicago Breaking News

Ronald Kitchen's federal lawsuit also names as defendants a number of officials who Kitchen contended knew what Burge was doing, including Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who was Cook County state's attorney for part of the time a jury determined that police were torturing suspects. The suit alleged Daley's office concealed evidence that criminal suspects were being beaten.

Dems in a jam as jobs bill falls short - David Rogers - POLITICO.com

Dems in a jam as jobs bill falls short - David Rogers - POLITICO.com

Congress is poised to go home for the July 4th recess, leaving millions of jobless workers in the lurch because of a continued Senate impasse over financing unemployment benefits.

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Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

The House voted 237-192 to pass a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, moving President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats one step closer to a major domestic policy victory. The legislation now goes to the Senate, where it faces a possible Republican filibuster.

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