Chicago
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Libraries in Chicago suburbs work to help homeless
Jan 08, 2018 6:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - Libraries in the Chicago suburbs are making efforts to ensure homeless people feel welcome and are treated with dignity. Ryan Dowd, the executive dir...
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Mentoring program helps first-generation college students
Jan 08, 2018 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A nonprofit group in suburban Chicago is helping first-generation college students and minority students to be successful once they arrive on campu...
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Carlos Zambrano, Derrek Lee join this weekend's Cubs Convention lineupJan 08, 2018 12:00 am - Every now and then during the past couple of baseball seasons, Carlos Zambrano would visit the Cubs clubhouse and dugout. Last summer, I finally asked Big Z: "How about...
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Chicago Bears hire Kansas City's Matt Nagy as new head coachJan 08, 2018 12:00 am - General manager Ryan Pace wasted no time in naming Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, 39, the Chicago Bears' new head coach. Nagy was the sixth and fina...
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Schaumburg suspect, ill with cancer, released from jail
Jan 08, 2018 12:00 am - A Schaumburg man who authorities allege is a mobster has been released from jail where he'd been awaiting trial on gun charges because he's terminally ill with prostate ...
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Reputed mobster freed from jail because of cancer
Jan 07, 2018 10:00 pm - Barrel-chested Charles "Chucky" Russell struck an imposing figure when the reputed member of the Outfit's Grand Avenue crew appeared in federal court just over a year ag...
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Chicago street closed after ice encases building fire escape
Jan 07, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Part of a busy Chicago street has been closed after ice encased a fire escape on a high-rise building. Police closed a section of a street near downtown a...
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Chiefs' Matt Nagy interviews for Bears head coaching jobJan 07, 2018 12:00 am - Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, 39, on Sunday became the sixth NFL assistant to interview with Bears general manager Ryan Pace for the team's head co...
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9 things the next Chicago Bears coach can learn from the 2017 seasonJan 06, 2018 12:00 pm - The Bears believe they'll eventually get their ideal head coach. But whoever that coach is, he won't be getting the ideal team. What exactly will the Bears' new coach in...
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Bears interview Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippoJan 06, 2018 12:00 am - Bears general manager Ryan Pace met Saturday morning in Philadelphia with Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo, the fifth candidate to interview for the team's head ...