Chicago
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'Empire' actor Morocco Omari charged with domestic battery
Apr 06, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An actor on the television show "Empire" has been arrested on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in Chicago. Police say 46-year-old Morocco Omari was a...
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UIC professor wins prestigious literary award
Apr 06, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A University of Illinois at Chicago professor is one of eight winners of a prestigious literary award. Luis Alberto Urrea has won the American Academy of ...
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Chicago using new technology to count Millennium Park visits
Apr 06, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is using new technology to count visitors to Millennium Park and its numbers show 12.9 million visited the lakefront park in the secon...
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Officers find mock explosive device at Toronto airport
Apr 06, 2017 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Passengers on a flight set to travel from Toronto to Chicago have experienced lengthy delays after what U.S. authorities describe as a security breach abo...
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Judge vacates Chicago-area man's 1997 murder conviction
Apr 06, 2017 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago judge on Thursday ordered a new trial for a man convicted 20 years ago and sentenced to 45 years in prison for arson and murder i...
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Court says Chicagoan didn't prove voltage caused disorder
Apr 06, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A court in Chicago has upheld the dismissal of a hotel clerk's lawsuit claiming he was wrongly fired because he suffered mental problems caused by electro...
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Cubs rally past Cardinals after bizarre playApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - ST. LOUIS - Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and most everyone else at Busch Stadium laughed at the bizarre sight - a ball somehow stuck to his chest protector, in plain ...
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Federal tax charges latest chapter in the Mel Reynolds saga
Apr 05, 2017 11:00 pm - Former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds stood in front of the cameras three years ago with signs that read "redemption." "It's what you do after the mistakes," Reynolds said in 20...
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Cardinals postpone today's game with Cubs to ThursdayApr 05, 2017 10:48 am - Due to the threat of severe weather, Wednesday's Chicago Cubs game against the Cardinals in St. Louis has been postponed until 12:45 p.m. Thursday. The Cubs split the fi...
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Southern Illinois college student shot dead in St. Louis
Apr 05, 2017 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Officials say a Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville student from Chicago was killed in a St. Louis-area shooting. The St. Louis County Police Depa...