Baby girl found dead after West Side blaze
Updated: 2012-09-19 20:31:19
Firefighters battling a “heavy fire” at a Humboldt Park apartment building found an infant girl dead in a bedroom Wednesday night on the West Side.
Jackson blames rising medical costs as reason behind house sale
Updated: 2012-09-19 21:24:03
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s political future again came into question on Wednesday after the revelation that he and his wife had put their four-bedroom Victorian home in Washington, D.C., on the market for $2.5 million. A Jackson spokesman initially could not elaborate on why the South Side Democrat was putting his house on the market, but Jackson’s office later issued a statement blaming mounting medical bills.
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Cop charged with taking $5K bribe to ‘forget’ traffic stop
A veteran Chicago Police officer was charged Wednesday with soliciting and accepting a $5,000 bribe to let a driver off without an arrest after a traffic stop.
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Your best chances for getting an iPhone 5 this weekend
Updated: 2012-09-19 21:08:13
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State workers rally to stop layoffs, but Quinn blames union, Legislature
Updated: 2012-09-19 21:05:29
- NHL begins cancelling preseason games
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Chicago teachers, students head back to school after strike
Updated: 2012-09-19 20:29:32
- Ex-Bear Sam Hurd faces more drug charges in Texas court
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Emanuel focuses on contract’s benefits, not new costs
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Jackson blames rising medical costs as reason behind house sale
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The ‘milkman,’ dead at 64, provided dairy products to Chicago’s public schools
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Chicago area home sales soar to highest level since July 2007
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Is highest ticket tax in nation now on deck for Chicago?
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Lake Forest High School strike over
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Jurors to get Christopher Vaughn murder case on Thursday
Sports
Lovie Smith chews out D.J. Moore over Cutler comments
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Former Bears wideout Sam Hurd faces more charges in drug case
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Reds manager Dusty Baker leaves before Cubs game for health concerns
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NHL begins cancelling preseason games
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Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tested positive for marijuana
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Elite marathoner Wesley Korir fondly recalls the call
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Cubs finalize deal to move Class A Peoria team to Kane County
Business
Chicago area home sales soar to highest level since July 2007
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ComEd rate-hike issue delayed; customers keep switching
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Tot tablets, retro brands are Toys R Us ‘hot toys’
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KPMG to hire 500 people in its Chicago office
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Gates tops Forbes’ billionaires list; Groupon co-founder drops off
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Groupon relies on Chicago startup technology to launch payment services
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‘Mid box’ retailers having hard time finding spots in Chicago
Entertainment
Lady Gaga accused of hurting animals, Islam with one outfit
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Musician travels to gigs by bicycle
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MCA revisits the movable magic of William Kentridge
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Jennifer Aniston pregnant (with triplets!) in spoofy commercial
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Clint Eastwood says chair routine ‘didn’t get the response I wanted’
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Wyclef Jean says his Lauryn Hill affair wrecked Fugees
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Bill O’Reilly, Jon Stewart to debate on presidential race
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Lisa Whelchel joins the cast of “Survivor: Phillippines”
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