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Chicago's Sears Tower gets new name

Jul. 16, 2009
Sears Tower is history. As of Thursday, the iconic Chicago, Illinois, skyscraper is now named Willis Tower.
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Sears Tower name change rattles admirers

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CHICAGO, July 16 (UPI) -- The iconic Sears Tower in Chicago has a new name and more than a few disgruntled fans, an online group protesting the change said.

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CHICAGO, May 1 (UPI) -- The head official at the Sears Tower's Skydeck says the Chicago tourist site is preparing to allow visitors a rare view from a new enclosure called the "Ledge."

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CHICAGO, March 16 (UPI) -- Chicago officials say it is unlikely that the Sears Tower was the target of a terrorist plot.

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CHICAGO, March 11 (UPI) -- New York-based MetLife Inc. announced on Thursday it will sell Chicago's Sears Tower to an unidentified buyer, Crain's Chicago Business reported.

MetLife buying Sears Tower

CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- MetLife has announced it will become the new owner of the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago, the nation's tallest building.

Sears Tower ratchets up security

CHICAGO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- People who work or visit the Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building, will have to pass through airport-type security, including X-ray scanners and metal det

Sears Tower reopens observation deck

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Security tightened at Sears Tower

CHICAGO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Thousands of people who work at the Sears Tower ran a gauntlet of police barricades and concrete highway barriers Wednesday to enter the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

FBI denies it foiled Sears Tower attack

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler