Chicago
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Chicago State University hires new leadership
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago State University is following some financially difficult years by bringing in new leadership, including a former federal prosecutor as the univers...
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Mail sent to UPS headquarters rerouted to Chicago apartment
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former UPS worker has been charged in a scam that rerouted thousands of pieces of mail meant for the company's headquarters to his small Chicago apartme...
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Death Dealer painting outshines Superman comic at auction
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Superman may be the Man of Steel, but he's no Death Dealer. Comic books featuring the debuts of Superman, the Joker and Catwoman fetched hundreds of thous...
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Judge gives Lithuanian brief reprieve from extradition
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has given a former Lithuanian parliamentarian and recent suburban Chicago florist a month reprieve from her looming extradition. Judge Vir...
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ATF agent shot last week in Chicago is out of hospital
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal agent who was shot and wounded by a purported street-gang member in Chicago has been released from the hospital. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
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Judge clears courtroom in Chicago police shooting hearing
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - For the second time in less than a week a judge cleared his courtroom to hear arguments on whether he should allow certain testimony in the murder trial o...
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Man sues, says he's 1 of several framed by same detective
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former prison inmate whose murder conviction was tossed out of court has joined the ranks of men to file lawsuits that alleges the same now-retired Chic...
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Ex-police board president running for Chicago mayor
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The former president of the Chicago Police Board is the latest person to announce a 2019 challenge to Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Lori Lightfoot on Thursday calle...
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Band director injured when equipment falls from ceiling
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A freak accident has left a well-known Chicago-area band conductor and music instructor hospitalized. Ralph Wilder suffered several broken bones in his ba...
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2 pedestrians struck by driver fleeing traffic stop; 1 dead
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say one person was killed and another injured when the driver of an auto fleeing a traffic stop plowed into two pedestrians. Authorities sa...