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Brotherhood of the traveling jeans launching 'world tour'

By Harry Hitzeman
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Most parents have probably complained to their teenagers for wearing the same pair of jeans for a week straight or more. But what about wearing the same pair for a whole...
Chicago officer charged in sex assault

Associated Press
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Authorities say a Chicago police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting an underage family member. Forty-three-year-old William Greenwood was being held Thurs...
Bolster energy bill vs. Big Oil, polluters

Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a bill that will fire the starting gun in the race to build America's...
Blagojevich family reunites via computer

Associated Press
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Members of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's family are thousands of miles apart, but that hasn't prevented them from a brief reunion via the Internet. Patti Blagoj...
Officer gets 40-months in wheelchair beating

Associated Press
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago police officer who was caught on videotape repeatedly striking a man who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair has been sentenced to three years and five...
Kanye West performs at Stay in School benefit

Associated Press
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Hip-hop artist Kanye West returned to his hometown Thursday amid thunderous applause and 3,000 teenagers chanting his name during a private concert for Chicago public sc...
Pediatricians take on bullies, dating violence

Associated Press
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to take an active role in preventing bullying in schools and violence among dating teenagers. The academy gives doctors ...
Physicians head to Chicago for annual AMA meeting

Associated Press
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds of doctors are heading to Chicago this weekend for the start of the American Medical Association's annual meeting. Delegates to the nation's largest doctors' gr...
Lawsuit claims mother shackled while in labor

Associated Press
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal lawsuit has been filed by a former Cook County Jail inmate who alleges she was shackled to a bed while giving birth last year at Stroger Hospital. Marilu Moral...
Late blues great Koko Taylor gets musical sendoff

Associated Press
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds of mourners turned out Thursday at a music-filled wake and memorial service for Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor, whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned he...

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