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  • Jacob Nodarse
  • The confessed killer of three members of a southwest suburban Chicago family has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.
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  • Chicago unveils Safe Passage routes for CPS students
  • The City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools have unveiled the list of Safe Passage routes.
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  • The man who killed his wife because she wouldn't let him sleep is sentenced to eight years in prison.
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  • What appears to be a winning notification from a popular sweepstakes has some Chicago-area residents targeted by scammers who send letters and make phone calls pretending to be from Publishers Clearing House.
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  • Weather
  • Jerry Taft's weather forecast.
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  • Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to be phased out in Obama mortgage plan
  • Buoyed by an improving housing market, President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a broad overhaul of the nation's mortgage finance system, including winding down government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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  • Lollapalooza 2013 wraps up in Grant Park
  • Chicago's Lollapalooza festival has wrapped up for another year and tens of thousands of people headed out of Grant Park.
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  • Secutiry plans finalizing for Lollapalooza 2013
  • The 2013 Lollapalooza music festival is sold-out.
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  • Khalise Weatherspoon was recovering in a hospital Tuesday after she was shot while playing outside.
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  • CTA, Pace to launch Ventra payment system
  • Riders of the CTA or Pace will soon be getting a new transit card as Ventra cards will become available to area students and commuters over the next several weeks.
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  • 4-year-old shot in Marquette Park in good condition
  • Khalise Weatherspoon was recovering in a hospital Tuesday after she was shot while playing outside.
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  • CTA, Pace to launch Ventra payment system
  • CTA and Pace are preparing to officially launch Ventra.
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  • Boy pulled from sand dune out of rehabilitation
  • Nathan Woessner, the 6-year-old boy who was buried alive by sand at the Indiana Dunes, has left La Rabida Children's Hospital.
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  • Teen mother killed in Harvard murder, suicide
  • Jackie Flores, 17, was killed by her former boyfriend, Miguel Andrade, who then turned a gun on himself, Harvard police say. The couple has a young child.
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  • Swim bans in effect for some Chicago beaches
  • The National Weather Service says waves would continue building Tuesday night, with the highest waves expected between Chicago and Michigan City.
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  • Renewed push for more trauma centers on Chicago?s South Side
  • Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) says there are not enough trauma centers in the city, so he's created a new bill to get more money to build them in the places that need it the most.
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  • The body found in Belmont Harbor has been identified as missing student Christopher Evans, Loyola University has confirmed.
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  • Some Chicago students heading to college are awaiting Congress decision on subsidized student loan rates, which are set to double unless lawmakers take action when they return from the July 4th holiday.
  • Student loan interest rates are set to double for the fall semester unless Congress takes action.
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  • Hockey players depend on the slap shot to score many of their goals and Alex Shibicky's father was one of the first NHL players to use the most feared shot in hockey.
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  • The Chicago area reacted Wednesday to two key supreme court rulings on same-sex marriage.
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  • The owner of Albano's in Cicero, a popular west suburban pizzeria, was shot and killed when he confronted an armed robber late Wednesday night.
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  • A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 after she confessed to her part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher has been released from an Indiana prison after spending a quarter century behind bars.
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  • David Hatyina was sentenced to 10 years in prison for boating crash that killed 10-year-old Tony Borcia last July.
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  • After 25 years of serving up gourmet food, Charlie Trotter's restaurant will close its doors for good on Friday.
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  • The DuPage County coroners office has been called to a home in unincorporated DuPage County near Darien.
  • Four bodies were discovered in a home just a block from the home where members of the Kramer family were murdered in 2010.
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  • School is out for many Naperville teens and summer jobs are hard to come by.
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  • Congressman Bobby Rush is speaking publicly for the first time since his controversial comments about U.S. Senator Mark Kirk's plan to crack down on gangs in Chicago.
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  • Some students who currently attend CPS schools that are closing at the end of the year tried to enroll at another school -- but instead found a waitlist of more than 600.
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  • Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk discussed gun and gang violence in Chicago with Zachary Fardon, the nominee to be the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
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  • Two-year-old Addison is recovering from what her parents understand was a febrile seizure- when her temperature suddenly spiked to 105 while on I-80/94 in Indiana.
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  • Two people were wounded in a shooting near State and Roosevelt streets on Friday morning, May 24, 2013.
  • Two people were wounded in a shooting near State and Roosevelt streets south of Chicago's Loop on Friday morning.
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  • Four people were injured in a wrong-way crash on the Chicago Skyway near 85th Street. Officials say the crash shows the importance of wearing a seatbelt.
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  • Six men who say they were victims of former Jesuit priest Donald McGuire have settled their sex abuse lawsuit for nearly $20 million.
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  • Thousands of Illinois Bank debit card users have been the target of fake phone calls in an attempt to steal vital financial information.
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  • STEM Academy, a new school in the city's Ashburn neighborhood, focuses on math, science and technology.
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  • Borizov
  • Jurors have reached a verdict in the triple murder trial of Johnny Borizov, who is accused of plotting the 2010 murder of his girlfriend's parents and brother.
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  • Borizov
  • Jurors are deliberating in the triple murder trial of Johnny Borizov, who is accused of plotting the 2010 murder of his girlfriend's parents and brother.
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  • Five years ago, a group of workers staged a sit-in at Republic Windows and Door. Now, those workers own the company, called New Era Windows Cooperative.
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  • The prosecution has rested and the defense begun to present its case in the murder trial of Johnny Borizov.
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  • Area North detectives have released a sketch of the suspect after a woman was  sexually assaulted while waiting for a bus on Chicagos North Side.
  • Surveillance video shows a man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a woman in Rogers Park.
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  • Dozens of women who were denied the chance to become Chicago firefighters were reapplying Monday morning.
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  • With the much-anticipated list of Chicago school closures and consolidations to be released Monday, CPS officials continue to push their plan that offers students from safe passage to their new school.
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  • The interest rate on many college loans is scheduled to double on July 1, but students are hoping Congress acts to stop the rate increase.
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  • A dead baby with an umbilical cord still attached was found inside a cooler at a recycling center in Chicago Ridge.
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  • Chicago area homeowners are hoping for some help from the government to repair the damage left behind by the severe flooding.
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  • Jacob Nodarse returned to the stand Friday, testifying that he was manipulated by Johnny Borizov to murder a Darien family.
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  • An episode of ''Grey's Anatomy'' where a child is born without a hole in his heart will hit close to home for a Chicago area family.
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  • About 10 students were rescued by raft after their school bus became stuck on a flooded street in south suburban Dolton.
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  • A unity run was held Tuesday in Chicago to honor the Boston Marathon runners who were injured during the two explosions.
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  • Staff sergeant Chris Maderer served several tours of duty in Afghanistan,  but its a special mission in Chicago that will stay in his heart forever.
  • Staff sergeant Chris Maderer served several tours of duty in Afghanistan, but Thursday, it's a special mission in Chicago that will stay in his heart forever.
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