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Teen accused of stabbing older brotherDec 23, 2013 3:15 pm - A South suburban teen is being held on $2 million bond after authorities say he killed his older brother. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that 15-year-old Michael Tigue o...
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South suburban man charged in cleaver attackDec 23, 2013 3:15 pm - A South suburban man is being held on $750,000 bond after authorities say he attacked a man with a meat cleaver. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that 31-year-old Brian He...
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Shaw Media buys Joliet newspaper from Sun-TimesDec 23, 2013 3:14 pm - DIXON, Ill. — Shaw Media is buying The (Joliet) Herald-News from Sun-Times Media. The publishing companies announced the sale Monday, although terms of the deal weren’t ...
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Army Corps: Fish can breach Chicago barrierDec 23, 2013 3:13 pm - DETROIT — Schools of small fish are capable of crossing an electrical barrier designed to keep Asian carp from using the Chicago ship canal to enter the Great Lakes, acc...
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2 charged in death of Cook County investigatorDec 23, 2013 3:13 pm - Two men are being held without bond after being charged with murder and robbery for the shooting death of an off-duty Illinois sheriff’s investigator who was trying to b...
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Ice and snow frustrate holiday travel rushDec 21, 2013 9:00 am - A storm with a 2,000-mile footprint threatened to frustrate Christmas travelers from Texas to Nova Scotia with a little of everything Mother Nature has to offer, from fr...
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Indiana soldier appears as Santa, surprises momDec 20, 2013 3:38 pm - BRUSHY PRAIRIE, Ind. — A northeastern Indiana soldier surprised his mother Friday with an early return home, masquerading as Santa Claus while she sat on his lap at a sc...
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Highland Park sued over assault weapons banDec 20, 2013 3:12 pm - A gun rights group has filed its first lawsuit against one of the Illinois communities that rushed to pass an assault weapons ban before a state law allowed people to ca...
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Gay marriage supporters see hope in deep-red Ind.Dec 20, 2013 7:51 am - INDIANAPOLIS — In one of the most conservative states in the nation, supporters of gay marriage are pondering the unthinkable: a victory, or at least not a loss. A propo...
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Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky a free manDec 20, 2013 7:51 am - MOSCOW — After spending 10 years in Russian jails for what many in the West believe were trumped-up offenses, Mikhail Khodorkovsky left prison a free man Friday and imme...