Chicago
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Aldermen want 'mental health safety net' in wake of police shootings
Feb 03, 2016 10:00 pm - Chicago will face more police shootings that trigger multimillion dollar settlements unless steps are taken to strengthen mental health services devastated by Mayor Rahm...
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NU gets $311,778 to study red-light camera program
Feb 03, 2016 10:00 pm - Northwestern University will be paid $311,778 to study red-light camera enforcement and chart a path forward for a despised program built on a $2 million bribery scandal...
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Naperville Central coaches look back on Owen Daniels' journey to Super Bowl 50Feb 03, 2016 8:45 am - When he was a high school junior and the quarterback who helped lead Naperville Central to an undefeated season and the 1999 6A state title, Owen Daniels' coaches realiz...
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Chicago Public Schools sells bonds to keep doors open
Feb 03, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools has sold $725 million in tax-exempt bonds it says will help get the district through the rest of the school year. Because the distr...
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Metra will miss 2018 deadline for new rail safety technology
Feb 03, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Metra commuter railroad will miss a 2018 deadline for installing safety technology on all of its Chicago-area routes, but said Wednesday it still expe...
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Woman ordered held without bond in death of husband
Feb 03, 2016 6:00 am - GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - A judge ordered a suburban Chicago woman held without bond in the poisoning death of her husband after prosecutors said she tried to kill him before....
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Judge strips topless activist of free-speech argument
Feb 03, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has stripped a "GoTopless Day" activist of her core argument against a Chicago ordinance barring women from baring their chests in public....
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MGM Resorts outsourcing Strip parking to Chicago-based firm
Feb 03, 2016 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Las Vegas Strip casino company that announced last month it'll begin charging for parking said Tuesday it's handing the keys to the program to a Chi...
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Alvarez Q&A: We didn't sweep anything aside in McDonald caseFeb 03, 2016 4:00 am - Alvarez details actions on McDonald shooting, outlines changes
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Seattle theater to stage play about Tylenol murdersFeb 03, 2016 12:00 am - A small theater in suburban Seattle will stage a new play next month about the 1982 Tylenol cyanide poisonings, which killed six people from the suburbs and a Chicago wo...