Former Chicago substitute teacher charged in Hamas fund-raising case
Muhammad Hamid Khalil Salah a Bridgeview resident and former Chicago substitute teacher is charged with racketeering conspiracy for helping run Hamas linked fundraising operations since 1988. Co-defendants include Mousa Abu Marzook and Abdelhaleem Ashqgar. Salah pleaded innocent at arraignment in Chicago.
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Bridgeview
Hamas
U.S
Arlander Keys
John Ashcroft
Washington
Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook
Abdelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqgar
Alexandria
Marzook
Syria
Patrick Fitzgerald
Unions challenge United over extra loan plan in bankruptcy
In Chicago AP report union lawyers urged a bankruptcy judge to block United Airlines from borrowing 500 million citing pension termination as a condition and demanding alternatives. Airlines says pensions could still be funded if money exists. warnings of likely pension terminations threaten about 119,000 employees and retirees. Labor groups IAMAW and AFA had already opposed the interim financing and pension payments halt.
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Indictments Target Kohls and ROE Officials Stun Illinois
Superintendent vows attorney review as Barry and Janine Kohl, plus Adams and Willmore, face a multi count indictment from a March 2008 probe into bogus travel vouchers and perjury. Madigan says the case shows public trust breach while bond is posted for all four defendants.
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Appeals court blocks FTC bid to stop Arch-Triton deal
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington rejected an emergency FTC attempt to block Arch Coal Inc’s 364 million acquisition of Triton Coal Co. Arch announced completion of the deal, while the FTC plans next steps. Triton mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, and Arch is a major U.S. coal producer.
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FTC
ST. Louis
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Triton
North Rochelle
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Governor vetoes gun protection for homeowners in self defense case
In Springfield, Governor Rod Blagojevich vetoed a bill shielding homeowners from local gun ordinance violations when they shoot intruders. The veto cites risk the measure would spur handgun purchases and concealment in cities like Wilmette, though the bill could still pass in fall veto sessions if overridden.
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Rod Blagojevich
DeMar’s
Blagojevich
Wilmette
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