Chicago
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Juveniles stay incarcerated because of monitoring bracelet shortage
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A shortage of electronic monitoring bracelets is causing scores of juvenile detainees who are eligible for home monitoring to stay locked up in a detention center. As re...
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Veteran prosecutor Mitchell Mars made big dent on Outfit
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutor Mitchell A. Mars who sent Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo and other big-name mobsters to prison, has died of lung cancer, officials announ...
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Cold contributed to rowing coach's death
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - An autopsy has determined that the death of a rowing coach who collapsed near a lagoon in Chicago's Lincoln Park was caused in part by exposure to frigid temperatures. T...
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Mayor Daley, others seek stricter gun-control laws
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Mayor Richard Daley and other elected officials pointed to the fatal shootings at Northern Illinois University and a Lane Bryant store as reasons to act as they announce...
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Cubs sue rooftop owner over revenue sharing
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The Chicago Cubs have filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of two rooftop clubs across the street from Wrigley Field, claiming he hasn't abided by a revenue-sharing...
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Teen dies after snowmobile accident in Wisconsin
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - LAND O'LAKES, Wis. -- An Illinois teenager driving a snowmobile on a roadway has died in Wisconsin after crashing head-on into a truck, authorities said. The victim's na...
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Off-duty suburban cop cleared in shootingFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago police say they have released without charges an off-duty suburban police officer involved in a fatal shooting on the city's South Side. Police spokesman David B...
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Incomplete real estate deals may qualify for Chicago transfer tax
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago officials are looking to increase the number of people who pay a real estate transfer tax and to require others to pay it more quickly. The Chicago City Council ...
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Sex offenders too closeFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Hundreds of day care centers across Illinois and one in every four in Chicago have child sex offenders living within 500 feet of their doors -- despite a state law desig...
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Group will protest at two victims' services todayFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The group that has protested at funerals of military personnel killed in the Iraq War announced Sunday they will picket the services of two victims of the Northern Illin...