 At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in violence across Chicago overnight, most of the victims from just two shootings on the West and South sides, according to police.  | Sheriff barred from digging for Gacy victims Cook County sheriff's officials hope to excavate the backyard of a Northwest Side apartment building in their continuing search for additional victims of John Wayne Gacy. But Cook County State's Attorney's Office has denied the request. |  | Parkways Foundation to fold The Parkways Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Chicago Park District, will close, the organization said Thursday. |  | Bolland scores game-winner in shootout Seven times in Dave Bolland's career he had attempted to score in a shootout and seven times he had come away empty. On the eighth attempt, Bolland finally broke through and helped the Blackhawks gain a critical second point. |  | Audience subscribes to 'Newsies' charms NEW YORK —There is something uniquely appealing, entertainment history reveals, about urban urchins in cloth caps, be they Parisian waifs, London pickpockets or unflaggingly optimistic New York orphans. |  | Zorn: Stuck in the muddle with you A Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll released earlier this month found that the individual mandate in Obamacare — the requirement that, as of 2014, you'll have to have health insurance or pay a fine — is increasingly unpopular. |  | 'Report card': Chicago commuters don't have it that bad Although commuters are rolling along in some of the oldest train cars in the country, Chicago's mass transit system is equal to or better than other big cities in cost-effectiveness and reliability, a transportation "report card" shows. |  | Watchdog update: Pension reform passes House SPRINGFIELD — A local government that gives an ex-lawmaker a fat paycheck would have to pick up the costs of any automatic increase in his state pension under a proposal the House passed overwhelmingly Thursday. |  | Another perfect acceptance year at Urban Prep For the third year in a row, every senior at Urban Prep Academy, the only all-African-American, all-male charter high school in Chicago, has been accepted to college, the school's leaders said. | |  | |
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