Chicago
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Jury acquits R&B singer R. Kelly
Jun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - R. Kelly was acquitted of all charges Friday after less than a day of deliberations in his child pornography trial, ending a six-year ordeal for the R&B superstar. Kelly...
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Two survive car-train crash
Jun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say two men escaped serious injury even though the vehicle they were riding collided with a freight train on Chicago's southwest side. Chicago Fire Departmen...
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Bond denied for man accused in quintuple murder
Jun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Prosecutors say two men accused of killing five people in home they wanted to rob on Chicago's South Side took pains to make it appear the crime was committed by strange...
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Woman awarded $7.7 million for false arrest
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A woman who helped a Chicago police officer from a wrecked squad car and was later accused of stealing a weapon has been awarded $7.7 million by a federal jury for false...
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R. Kelly's fate now in jury's hands
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Prosecutors finished their arguments in R&B star R. Kelly's child pornography case Thursday the same way they began a month ago, by playing for jurors the entire graphic...
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Judge bars teachers union from meeting to oust VP
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge has barred officials of the Chicago Teachers Union from meeting to oust the union's vice president. Union president Marilyn Stewart and other officia...
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Closing arguments begin in R. Kelly trial
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - A total of 34 prosecution and defense witnesses have testified in R. Kelly's child pornography trial. As the case comes to a close, someone won't be taking the stand: Th...
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Hate crime charges filed against Chicago man
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - A Chicago man is accused of a hate crime and his three sons have been accused of aggravated battery in an alleged attack on a motorist in which racial epithets were shou...
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City OKs Chicago Children's Museum moveJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - As protesters marched outside the city council chambers, aldermen approved the controversial plan to move the Chicago Children's Museum. The $100 million plan is the pet...
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Car hits two IDOT workers, killing one
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say one of two Illinois Department of Transportation workers is dead after being struck by a vehicle at an interstate construction site on Chicago's far Sout...