Chicago
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States join battle to protect Great Lakes from Asian carp
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - An interstate partnership has been established to help cover costs of operating a system proposed for a Chicago-area waterway that would help...
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Chicago rapper who brandished guns in video sentenced
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A music video a Chicago rapper hoped would boost his show-business career has helped land him a more than 15-year prison sentence instead. Prosecutors say...
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Service set for 5 women killed a decade ago in Lane Bryant
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago church is holding a prayer service to mark the 10th anniversary of a shooting that left five women dead in a Lane Bryant clot...
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Remembering former White Sox slugger Oscar GambleJan 31, 2018 12:01 am - The 1977 White Sox were a fundamentally flawed team. That is, they were flawed in executing some of the fundamentals of baseball. But boy, were they fun to watch. One ...
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Chicago Bulls decide to hold Mirotic out of Portland gameJan 31, 2018 12:00 am - At Wednesday's shootaround in Portland, Nikola Mirotic told reporters he was ready to move on from the previous day's unfinished trade to New Orleans. A few hours later,...
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Feder: Mark Konkol named Chicago Reader executive editorJan 31, 2018 12:00 am - Mark Konkol, former columnist for the Sun-Times and DNAinfo Chicago, has been named executive editor of the Chicago Reader. His appointment to the newly created top job ...
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'Crazy.' 'Ridiculous.' Metra riders not happy with another fare hikeJan 31, 2018 12:00 am - Metra riders greeted the fourth fare increase in as many years with glum faces and wishes for improved service even as agency leaders warn more pain could come if aid do...
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Several Chicago cops stripped of powers as part of drug rip-off probe
Jan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - Several Chicago police officers, including a sergeant, have been stripped of their police powers amid a federal criminal investigation of drug dealer rip-offs, sources s...
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Goodman's 'Blind Date' explores machinations behind Reagan-Gorbachev summitJan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - “Blind Date” - ★ ★ ★ “Blind Date” may sound like the name of a fun romantic comedy. Yet this 2017 play by Rogelio Martinez is actually about the first face-to-face meeti...
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Election board finds legislator's petition 1 signature short
Jan 30, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Board of Elections has ruled Illinois state Sen. Ira Silverstein's petition for placement on the Democratic primary ballot is one signature sh...