Chicago
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$5.25 million settlement adds to legal tally from Burge-era police torture cases
Mar 05, 2019 10:00 pm - Chicagoans may never know what former Mayor Richard M. Daley had to say in his only sworn deposition about the role he played in the Jon Burge torture era. But one thing...
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Sun-Times cancels mayoral debate after Preckwinkle won't commit to showing up
Mar 05, 2019 10:00 pm - The Chicago Sun-Times canceled a mayoral debate scheduled for later this week because candidate Toni Preckwinkle was "noncommittal" about her participation. The debate s...
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Chicago poised to pay $5.25 million in police torture case
Mar 05, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The price tag of a police torture scandal that's already cost Chicago more than $100 million will likely grow after city attorneys recommended paying $5.2...
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Sound check: Paula Cole, Madeleine Peyroux jazz up North Shore CenterMar 05, 2019 5:00 am - Cole and Peyroux in Skokie Paula Cole busted onto the national scene in 1997 with her Grammy-nominated romantically tragic single “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” But ...
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Chicago cop says he faces retaliation over shooting report
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer says in a lawsuit filed Monday that his bosses retaliated against him for refusing to change a police report to list a sergeant w...
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Ex-Chicago officer to go to trial 15 years after fleeing
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago police officer is to go to trial for federal drug and conspiracy charges more than 15 years after he fled and went on the run. Eddie Hick...
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Bears could pursue Chiefs OLB HoustonMar 04, 2019 12:00 am - Ryan Pace is no stranger to making bold moves for AFC West pass rushers, and one of the best reportedly just became available. The Kansas City Chiefs will release 30-yea...
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Fledgling gangland news fills niche neglected by other media
Mar 04, 2019 12:00 am - Shawn Cotton no longer drives his $55,000, bright pink Corvette to work because he's afraid it could get him killed like his friend. But there are two things he won't le...
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Emanuel's plan to re-light Chicago reaches 100,000 streetlight, $16M rebate mark
Mar 03, 2019 10:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to relight Chicago has reached a major milestone - 100,000 new LED streetlights installed and $12 million in energy efficiency rebates secured ...
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Oldest black sorority gives Chicago State University $100K
Mar 03, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago State University has received $100,000 from Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation's oldest black sorority. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the donation is p...