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Cops: Babysitting question leads to woman's shooting
Cops: Babysitting question leads to woman's shooting

A raised voice over babysitting chores earned a young mother a gunshot wound to the chest, police said this morning.

Catepillar presses on as picket line forms outside Joliet plant Catepillar presses on as picket line forms outside Joliet plant

Officials at Catepillar's Joliet plant were awaiting for a full picture on how their production line would be affected as union machinists formed a picket line this morning after they authorized a work stoppage to begin just past midnight.
Police search for missing man, 78, suffering from Alzheimer's Police search for missing man, 78, suffering from Alzheimer's

Chicago police were searching for a missing Albany Park man they said suffers from medical problems including Alzheimers.
SUV passenger critically wounded in Brighton Park SUV passenger critically wounded in Brighton Park

A man riding in an SUV was critically wounded late Monday night in a shooting on the city's Southwest Side.
Lathrop Homes listed on National Register of Historic Places Lathrop Homes listed on National Register of Historic Places

For more than six years, residents, preservationists and community advocates have been pushing to save the Lathrop Homes from demolition and to rehabilitate the public housing complex.
Fugitive ex-priest to remain free after alleged victim withdraws from child sex assault case Fugitive ex-priest to remain free after alleged victim withdraws from child sex assault case

Cook County prosecutors said Monday that they are ending their decade-long effort to extradite a Roman Catholic priest who fled to India shortly before he was charged with 20 counts of criminal sexual assault and abuse of a 16-year-old Chicago girl.
Family settles with city over girl's hit-run death Family settles with city over girl's hit-run death

The family of a 4-year-old girl whose death in a 2006 hit-and-run accident near Lincoln Park Zoo became a rallying point for traffic safety advocates has reached a settlement in a civil lawsuit against the city, their lawyer said Monday.
Monroe statue to leave Michigan Avenue soon Monroe statue to leave Michigan Avenue soon

Chicagoans and tourists soon will no longer be able to visit Michigan Avenue for a chance to take a picture with pop culture icon Marilyn Monroe.

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