That's enough to win the hour in the adult demo, topping CBS' "CSI" (10.6 million, 2.6) and the premiere of NBC's new series "Chicago Fire" (6.4 million, 1.9).

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Regardless of how it happened, the devastation of the Great Chicago Fire quickly turned into one of the young city's great blessings, as the moment in history and the location at the heart of a growing industrial nation ensured that Chicago would not merely be rebuilt.

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Another promising junior, DaMarcus Beasley, Mr Donovan's runner-up in New Zealand, is, for the moment, sticking with the Chicago Fire.

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After the great fire of 1871, which destroyed the homes of a third of the city's inhabitants, Chicago decided to rebuild itself in style.

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The uncharacteristically blunt speech by Bradley -- delivered Monday to a Chicago public health group -- illustrated that Bradley is clearly set to return fire, in light of Gore's recent criticism of Bradley's vision for the future of health care.

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