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  • Three people were killed, including a teenage boy, Wednesday night during a shooting in a South Shore neighborhood.
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  • James Ealy faces a life sentence in the 2006 murder of a Burger King manager who was stabbed with a screwdriver and strangled with her uniform's bowtie.
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  • Activists family struck by violence 2nd time in year
  • The family of well-known anti-gang activist Hal Baskin Senior said a shooting in which his son was injured was a random act of violence.
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  • Body of missing Lake Villa man believed found
  • The Lake County State's Attorney's Office says a body found Thursday night in Vernon Hills is believed to be that of missing Lake Villa man Nick Steward.
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  • Car of Nick Steward, missing Lake Villa man, likely found
  • Vernon Hills police say they found a car matching the description of the one belonging to Nick Steward, a Lake Villa man missing for two weeks.
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  • Rescue animals in foster care after crash into shelter
  • Wright-Way Rescue dogs and cats were placed in foster homes after a school bus crashed into the Niles animal shelter, causing heavy-damage to the building.
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  • 25 animals in foster care after Niles school bus crash
  • Christy Anderson had just left the Wright-Way Rescue animal shelter to attend a staff meeting when the frantic telephone call came in.
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  • Park shooting injures 3 teen boys
  • Three teenagers are hospitalized after a shooting near a park in the South Deering neighborhood.
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  • Trial begins in police officers 2009 murder
  • It was more than four years ago that Chicago police officer Alex Valadez was shot in the head, killed in the line of duty.
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  • Trial begins in police officers 2009 murder
  • The trial got under way Monday for two alleged gang members accused of killing a Chicago police officer in 2009.
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  • Security guard dies after breaking up fight
  • An autopsy Friday could explain why security guard, Richard Cowser, 54, died while trying to break up at fight.
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  • Security guard dies after breaking up fight
  • Police say a security guard was trying to break up a fight at Thornwood High School when he was injured after falling into a locker.
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  • Chicago police have issued a community alert after a man allegedly lured a 12-year-old girl into his car and sexually assaulted her on Chicago's Northwest Side.
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  • William Beavers sentenced to 6 months in prison
  • Former Cook County Cmsr. and 7th Ward Ald. William Beavers was sentenced to six months in prison and a year of supervision plus fines Wednesday.
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  • William Beavers sentencing looms
  • Former Cook County Cmsr. and 7th Ward Ald. William Beavers was sentenced to six months in prison and a year of supervision plus fines Wednesday.
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  • Robert Danno, left, and Jose Fernando Martinez-Hernandez
  • Two men are accused of strangling a woman and her mother before setting their bodies on fire.
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  • Georgia triple murder suspect might be in Chicago
  • Robert Bell is suspected of murdering three people in Georgia and may be headed to Chicago.
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  • The body of missing boater Dave Azooz, 47, was pulled from the Lake Marie.
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  • Man rescued from Lake Michigan
  • A 41-year-old man was pulled to safety from the rough waters of Lake Michigan at the Rogers Park Beach break wall in the early morning hours.
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  • Hundreds of Chicago firefighters responded overnight to a massive and stubborn fire at a Brighton Park warehouse.
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  • Lowell house explosion kills neighbor, levels home
  • A 43-year-old man was killed after a propane tank leak caused a house to explode in northwest Indiana.
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  • New charter school opening delayed amid Alderman?s concerns
  • On Friday, students showed up at a Chicago alderman's doorstep to protest and express their frustration. They're not in class.
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  • New charter school opening delayed amid Alderman?s concerns
  • Some high school students on Chicago's South Side are still not in classes as their new charter school did not open as scheduled because of an alderman's concerns.
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  • On Friday, students showed up at a Chicago alderman's doorstep to protest and express their frustration. They're not in class.
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  • Mayor Ryback to Chicago gay couples, ?Marry Me in Minneapolis?
  • Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Ryback is courting gay couples from Chicago with a new campaign, 'Marry Me in Minneapolis.'
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  • 2 injured in Harrison apartment fire
  • An overnight fire forced dozens to evacuate a West Side apartment building.
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  • Obama asks for congressional vote on Syria strike
  • President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.
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  • Chicago shootings kill 8 over Labor Day weekend
  • Eight people were killed and more than 20 others were wounded during a series of shootings in Chicago over the holiday weekend.
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  • Minneapolis Mayor bids for Ill. gay couples weddings
  • Chicagoans no longer have to make a long and expensive trip to the coasts to get married, just a six-hour drive, says Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Ryback.
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  • Shooting at Burr Ridge church kills woman
  • In southwest suburban Burr Ridge, a 62-year-old woman is dead after a shooting in the parking lot of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church's preschool.
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  • Purple Hotel demolition begins in Lincolnwood
  • A wrecking ball took three swings at Lincolnwood's famed Purple Hotel Tuesday as demolition began on the vacant building.
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  • Get caught up on today's news headlines and the 7-day weather forecast on your lunch break.
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  • Concerned an infant boy may be "harmed or worse" the Zion Police Department asked residents Thursday to search their property and garbage cans in hopes of locating a missing 5-month-old who was reported abducted Wednesday.
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  • Zion chief: Hope for missing baby fading; search on Day 3
  • Concerned an infant boy may be "harmed or worse" the Zion Police Department asked residents Thursday to search their property and garbage cans in hopes of locating a missing 5-month-old who was reported abducted Wednesday.
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  • Moms boyfriend questioned in Zion baby disappearance
  • A 5-month-old boy from north suburban Zion was reported abducted Wednesday, sparking a massive search by about 125 law enforcement officers, emergency workers and bloodhounds.
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  • An alert has been issued for residents in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood following an attempted sexual assault.
  • Investigators say the suspect threw the woman to the ground, hit her on the head and tried to rape her.
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  • Woman attacked near Midway Orange Line stop
  • An alert has been issued for residents in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood following an attempted sexual assault.
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  • A former Marine fatally stabbed a man who attacked him with a hammer during a burglary in the West Pullman neighborhood.
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  • A CTA worker was beaten at the Chicago stop on the CTA's Blue Line in the city's West Town neighborhood.
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  • Medical marijuana clinic opening in Bucktown
  • A medical marijuana clinic opened Wednesday in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, becoming the first of its kind in the state.
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  • Medical marijuana clinic opening in Bucktown
  • A medical marijuana clinic opened Wednesday in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, becoming the first of its kind in the state of Illinois.
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  • Cook Co. Sheriffs Dept. takes over Dixmoor midnight shift
  • The Cook County Sheriff's office continued its recent expansion of crime-fighting duties in the suburbs when it agreed Monday to take over the midnight shift for the Dixmoor Police Department.
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  • Four Fiat 500 jet skis splashed around Lake Michigan and the Chicago River over the weekend.
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  • A-Rod suspension looms as Yankees face Sox
  • Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez was expected to be suspended while in Chicago Monday as the Yankees face off against the White Sox.
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  • Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez was expected to be suspended Monday while in Chicago as the Yankees face off against the White Sox.
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  • Guardian Angels respond to Emanuel criticism
  • The Guardian Angels are responding to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's comments about the work they're doing to keep the streets safe.
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  • Deb Mell replaces dad Dick Mell as 33rd Ward alderman
  • On the day long-time 33rd Ward Alderman Dick Mell is retiring, Mayor Rahm Emanuel names his replacement, Mell's daughter, Deb.
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  • City Council to vote on Wrigley renovation plan
  • The $500 million plan to renovate Wrigley Field was approved by the City Council zoning committee on Tuesday.
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  • A 100-year old suburban woman injured in a fire early Friday morning has died.
  • A 100-year old suburban woman injured in a fire early Friday morning has died.
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  • The current heat wave is causing new problems Thursday morning, including an overnight power outage in Chicago.
  • The current heat wave is causing new problems Thursday morning, including an overnight power outage in Chicago.
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