Article posted: 12/6/2012 2:20 PM

Aides: US Sen. Mark Kirk to return to work Jan. 3

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In this Nov. 4 photo, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, right, emerges from the 103rd floor stairwell at Chicago's Willis Tower during the RIC SkyRise Chicago event, a fundraiser for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where Kirk is a patient. A spokesperson for Kirk on Thursday said the Illinois senator would return to work in Washington on Jan. 3, 2013, a year after suffering a major stroke that required months of intense rehabilitation.

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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk will return to work in Washington on Jan. 3, a year after suffering a major stroke that required months of intense rehabilitation.