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Aurora man's lawyer pushes for leniency in terror caseSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - An Aurora man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-affiliated fighters in Syria should be given leniency, in part, because he tried to dissuade another terror suspect from...
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Ex-U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds guilty on four misdemeanor tax countsSep 27, 2017 11:00 pm - Mel Reynolds, the former rising-star congressman disgraced amid a series of scandals in the 1990s, was found guilty Thursday of four misdemeanor tax counts. U.S. Distric...
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Phony Uber driver picked up women, then raped them, prosecutors saySep 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Cook County prosecutors filed charges in three more cases against a Glenview man who they say posed as an Uber driver, picked up women waiting outside bars, drove them t...
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In court, Reynolds alleges scheme to bribe dictatorSep 26, 2017 1:00 am - Former congressman Mel Reynolds said in court Tuesday that a clout-heavy Chicago businessman tried to use a partnership with Reynolds to funnel bribes to officials in Zi...
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Des Plaines man run over, killed in motorcycle crashSep 26, 2017 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man killed in a motorcycle crash Monday in northwest Indiana was run over by a semi and several other drivers, but none of the vehicles stopped, authoritie...
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Agency announces plan to hire 2,000 at new downtown officeSep 25, 2017 11:00 pm - Rishi Shah, the self-made Chicago entrepreneur who became a billionaire earlier this year, announced the opening of new downtown offices for his health care software com...
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Emanuel says two kneeling cops caught between principles 'in conflict'Sep 25, 2017 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged Tuesday that two uniformed Chicago Police officers photographed "taking a knee" in a police station lobby were caught between principles ...
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Businessman says he paid Mel Reynolds thousands to consult in AfricaSep 25, 2017 11:00 pm - Willie Wilson, the Chicago businessman who ran for mayor and president of the United States, testified Monday he paid thousands in consulting fees to former U.S. Rep. Me...
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Chicago mom of murdered sex-trafficking victim testifies at Senate hearingSep 19, 2017 11:00 pm - Yvonne Ambrose, a Chicago mother whose 16-year-old daughter, Desiree Robinson, was murdered last Christmas Eve in a Markham garage - an online sex-trafficking victim - s...
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Exploratory committee chairman vows to coax McCarthy into mayoral raceSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - The chairman of Garry McCarthy's exploratory committee said Tuesday he hopes to meet conditions established by the fired police superintendent by "late October at the la...