Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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3 charged in Norwood Park West home invasion

Charges have been filed against three men who police say kicked their way into a Northwest Side home earlier this week while the couple living there was still at home, police said this morning.

2 girls shot near South Side performing arts high school 2 girls shot near South Side performing arts high school

Two teenage girls suffered minor gunshot wounds Tuesday evening near a Bronzeville performing arts high school, Chicago police said this morning.

Undercover provocateur takes stand in Arizona bomb trial Undercover provocateur takes stand in Arizona bomb trial

PHOENIX — A government informant who used her good looks and feminine wiles to befriend two white supremacist brothers from Illinois charged with bombing a black city official took the witness stand Tuesday in their trial, describing how the men fell so hard for her that one wanted to father her child.

Abortions decline in Illinois Abortions decline in Illinois

Abortions in the state dropped to a 37-year low last year, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, a decline that abortion opponents attributed to more women shying away from the procedure and abortion-rights supporters said pointed to an uptick in contraceptive use.

Cops: Gary restaurant worker kills holdup man Cops: Gary restaurant worker kills holdup man

A Gary restaurant worker shot and killed a holdup man in an attempted robbery last Wednesday. The robber and an accomplice ran out of the restaurant, but his body was found in a nearby vacant lot the next afternoon.

Longtime library head resigns Longtime library head resigns

With the city's public library system in transition, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is replacing longtime Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey with a technology-focused administrator from the West Coast.

Evanston avoids ward remap Evanston avoids ward remap

Evanston's population growth has been so small that the city isn't required by law to redraw its ward boundaries — a process that has proved contentious in neighboring Chicago.

Cop-slaying suspect was a drug dealer, court told Cop-slaying suspect was a drug dealer, court told

When investigators searched Lamar Cooper's South Side home hours after he allegedly shot and killed a Chicago police officer in 2008, they encountered what might have appeared to be a typical residence of any young family.


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