Chicago
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Man's conviction tossed in Chicago in 1995 gang killing
Jan 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a 41-year-old who spent more than half of his life in custody amid continued scrutiny over the pr...
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Cubs' Javier Baez to hold baseball camp at Elk Grove HighJan 09, 2018 12:01 am - Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Báez is returning to the suburbs to host his second annual youth baseball camp. The Javier Báez Baseball ProCamp, designed for boys and gir...
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Bears GM quickly finds common ground with new head coachJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace wasted no time after interviewing Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy before hiring him as the 16th head coach in ...
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For Nagy, partnership with Pace key to Chicago Bears head coach jobJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - Back in November, when then-Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy's name was getting bandied about as a potential head coaching candidate, Kansas City's head coach Andy...
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Controversial Obama Center garage moved: To be underground in Jackson Park
Jan 08, 2018 10:00 pm - In a significant victory for neighborhood and park advocacy groups, the Obama Foundation announced on Monday that a controversial proposed aboveground garage on the Midw...
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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 ...