Chicago
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Chicago police halt controversial merit promotion system
Dec 11, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's interim police superintendent is discontinuing a so-called merit promotion system that rank-and-file cops have long complained rewards officers ...
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Irony? Chicago salt truck slides on ice into Lake Michigan
Dec 11, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago Park District workers escaped without serious injury after the salt truck they were navigating along an icy lakefront bike path slid into Lake...
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Chicago prosecutor to vacate 1,000 marijuana convictions
Dec 11, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The top prosecutor in Illinois' largest county on Wednesday filed motions to vacate more than 1,000 low-level marijuana convictions, kicking off the proce...
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Jail, probation for man who caused Aurora casino bomb scare, evacuationDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - A 30-year-old Chicago man convicted of causing a bomb scare that forced the evacuation of Aurora's Hollywood Casino in February was sentenced Wednesday to two years of p...
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Knights blast Hawks, de Haan leaves game with injuryDec 10, 2019 6:47 am - LAS VEGAS - Already without Duncan Keith, the last thing the Blackhawks needed to see was another defenseman going down to injury. But that's exactly what happened durin...
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Officials: 38 cars burn in 2 arsons on Chicago's South Side
Dec 09, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of cars were set on fire early Monday in separate arsons at two lots on Chicago's South Side, police and fire officials said. Shortly after midnigh...
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2 men die after shoot-out as 1 walked with son in Chicago
Dec 09, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two men died after shooting one another in Chicago, as one of them was taking his son to school Monday morning, authorities said. Police said a man, 31, w...
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Two men die after shootout as one walked with toddler
Dec 09, 2019 12:00 am - Two men shot and killed each other Monday morning after one of them ambushed the other while he was with his 18-month-old son in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Sou...
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Chance the Rapper lends hit 'I Love You So Much' to new video game - designed by CPS students
Dec 08, 2019 10:00 pm - Thanks to Chance the Rapper, there's a new game in town. On Monday, the Grammy-winning South Side native announced that "I Love You So Much," his hit collaboration with ...
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Best bets: 'White Christmas' returns; Jane Lynch plays Batavia, Crystal Lake & ChicagoDec 08, 2019 6:00 am - Martini mix See which bartender and bar will take the crown with the Best Martini in the 'Burbs Mix-off contest. Sample the competing martinis with complimentary appetiz...