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Running backs have shown their stuff this season, but there's only one ballNov 12, 2016 12:00 am - Bears running backs Jordan Howard, Jeremy Langford and Ka'Deem Carey have each demonstrated at times this season that they are capable of being The Guy. The guy who star...
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Illinois movie theater owner gets 9 years for tax fraud
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - WOODRIDGE, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois attorney general says a suburban Chicago theater owner has been sentenced to nine years in state prison for a tax fraud scheme worth ...
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Grubhub CEO backtracks after asking Trump supporters to quit
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The co-founder of food delivery service Grubhub sent an email to all his employees suggesting that supporters of President-elect Donald Trump should resig...
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Duckworth, Kirk hold meeting after contentious campaign
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Democratic Senator-elect Tammy Duckworth and defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Mark Kirk met at a Chicago delicatessen in a public effort to move past an...
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North: Random thoughts on Bulls, Bears, Blackhawks and moreNov 11, 2016 4:19 am - Time for some random thoughts … • Hard to believe, but the Bears at 2-6 aren't out of the NFC wild-card race yet. And now that the Cubs are done and the election is ov...
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McPhee's message for Bears' teammates: Stay angryNov 11, 2016 12:00 am - Veteran outside linebacker Pernell McPhee had some simple advice for his teammates after the 20-10 victory over the Vikings: "Stay (teed) off." And he reiterated that me...
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Chicago police arrest 5 during protests of Trump's election
Nov 10, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say they arrested five people as protesters expressed their disapproval of the election of Donald Trump as the nation's 45th president. Chi...
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Mostly white community flashpoint in Chicago racial tension
Nov 10, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A largely white Chicago neighborhood that many police officers and firefighters call home took center stage this week in the city's tensions over gun viol...
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Cook County Board approves proposed sugary beverages tax
Nov 10, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Commissioners in Cook County, which includes Chicago, on Thursday approved a penny-an-ounce tax on sugary and artificially sweetened drinks despite concer...
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Arizona executive gets 2 ˆ½ years for red light camera bribes
Nov 10, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The former chief executive of a red-light camera company has been sentenced to 2 ˆ½ years in prison for a bribery scheme to secure $124 million in city of...