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G-8 summit to be held at Camp David, not Chicago
G-8 summit to be held at Camp David, not Chicago

President Obama is moving one of two major world summits from Chicago to the presidential retreat near Washington, with an aide saying the president has decided he wants a more "intimate" setting than his hometown for the May gathering.

Man arrested for bank robbery, 5 days after being paroled Man arrested for bank robbery, 5 days after being paroled

A bank robbery suspect nabbed on the Near North Side after a hidden dye pack exploded had been on parole for just five days, authorities said today.
Family of slain store clerk: 'We're all just in shock' Family of slain store clerk: 'We're all just in shock'

Judi Simpson-Beaver was enjoying her new role in life: grandmother.
Staff at Illinois universities could lose tuition break Staff at Illinois universities could lose tuition break

SPRINGFIELD -- State legislators citing the state's budget woes may end a perk allowing permanent employees at Illinois universities to send their children to public colleges for half the usual price.
Cops: 3 men hid Des Plaines man's death Cops: 3 men hid Des Plaines man's death

Three men have been charged with concealment of a death after they allegedly dragged the body of a Des Plaines man from a bathroom into an apartment courtyard and waited more than four hours before they called 911.
Cops: Two cars in fiery pipeline crash were drag-racing Cops: Two cars in fiery pipeline crash were drag-racing

Two cars were drag-racing before they crashed through a fence in New Lenox Township over the weekend, killing two people and injuring three others as a crude oil pipeline exploded into flames, officials said today.
U of I board to president: Repair your relationship with faculty U of I board to president: Repair your relationship with faculty

The University of Illinois board of trustees charged the beleaguered school president today with improving his relationship with the faculty or risk losing his job.
Eric Holder: U.S. can target citizens overseas in terror fight Eric Holder: U.S. can target citizens overseas in terror fight

Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. defended the U.S. right to target and kill American citizens overseas in the war on terror, telling an audience at the Northwestern University law school that when those individuals pose a real threat to this country and cannot be captured unharmed, "we must take steps to stop them."

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