Chicago
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Illinois man gets 37 months for Indiana bank robberies
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - An Illinois man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for a pair of bank robberies in northwest Indiana. Federal prosecutors in Hamm...
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Emanuel disagrees with request for DOJ police probe
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Rahm Emanuel says a federal civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department's tactics would be "misguided." He made the remarks on Wed...
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Chicago mayor cancels trip to Paris climate change meeting
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Rahm Emanuel has canceled his trip to a Paris climate change conference to address a "challenging time" in Chicago after the release of a video show...
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Clinton calls for federal investigation of Chicago shooting
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called for a federal investigation into the shooting death of a black teen by a white...
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Chicago-area transgender student case could reach settlement
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago high school district is considering a settlement in the case of a transgender student seeking unrestricted use of the girls' locker roo...
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Foes of Chicago marijuana shop's location celebrate win
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Opponents of a proposed medical marijuana shop in a southeast Chicago neighborhood are glad the business has changed its plans. Community resident Dedra D...
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Missing audio among lingering questions in Chicago shooting
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The release of squad-car video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times set off a dramatic chain of events that began wit...
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Wild's Parise: stopping Patrick Kane isn't easyDec 01, 2015 9:47 am - Stopping Patrick Kane this season has proved to be next to impossible. Only Philadelphia and Washington (in the fourth and fifth games of the season) have managed to kee...
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Chicago mayor fires police chief in wake of video release
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Rahm Emanuel sought for months to keep the public from seeing a video that shows a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. Now, a week af...
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The Latest: Man accused of threatening university released
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer and an online threat against the University of Chicago (...