Chicago
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Officials detail 'targeted enforcement' efforts over weekend
Nov 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police officials say there was a drop in the number of shootings and homicides over the past weekend after dozens of officers flooded three areas ...
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Police: Van driver cited for killing boy, 2, injuring woman
Nov 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Several traffic citations have been handed the driver of a van that allegedly struck and killed a 2-year-old boy and injured a woman as they crossed a Chi...
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2 sentenced to prison for disrupting Southwest flight
Nov 14, 2016 6:00 am - AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Two California men convicted of disrupting a Chicago-bound Southwest Airlines flight have been sentenced to prison. Jonathan Khalid Petras and Wis...
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Chicago nursing home fined after residents' heroin overdose
Nov 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois and federal health officials are seeking penalties totaling more than $100,000 from a Chicago nursing home after five residents overdosed on hero...
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Chicago man sentenced for trying to kill informant
Nov 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge in Chicago has sentenced a convicted drug dealer to 35 years in prison for plotting to kill an informant cooperating with federal agents to disrup...
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Lawyers for discredited cop's wife want charges dismissed
Nov 14, 2016 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Attorneys for the widow of a suburban Chicago police officer who killed himself and made it look like he was gunned down in the line of duty have f...
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NFL suspends Bears receiver Jeffery 4 games for drug violationNov 14, 2016 12:00 am - Anyone who watched the Chicago Bears' deplorable 36-10 road loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday might have been wondering what else could go wrong for this 2-7 te...
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Cutler goes from hero to goat in Chicago Bears' lossNov 14, 2016 12:00 am - In the opinion of Chicago Bears fans, quarterback Jay Cutler went from the toast of the town after leading the upset of the Minnesota Vikings to just toast for his 4-tur...
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From laborer to president, Jeff Krusinski in line to lead construction companyNov 14, 2016 12:00 am - Jeffrey J. Krusinski started as a laborer in 1994 at his family's Krusinski Construction Co., a general contracting and construction management firm based in Oak Brook. ...
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Frog exhibit brings 'Chorus of Color' to Chicago's Peggy Notebaert museumNov 13, 2016 6:15 am - Seventy frogs whose habitats range from South America to Africa to Illinois have taken up temporary residence at Chicago's Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. They're part of...