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‘Fiscal cliff’ not too precipitous
WASHINGTON — My bet is President Barack Obama and GOP and Democratic congressional leaders do not make a final deal by year end to avoid the “fiscal cliff” — the negotiations will spill over a few months. Even if the Dec. 31 deadline passes without …Read More
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CPS tier system update changes chances of getting into selective school
The chances of getting your child into a selective-enrollment school will change for about a quarter of Chicago’s families next year under the latest update of the public school tier system. About 12 percent of Chicago census tracts were assigned to a higher tier, making …Read More
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Notre Dame campus atmosphere ‘insane’ over football prowess
SOUTH BEND, IND. — Here come the Irish. And they are more pumped than a gaggle of wee leprechaun fortune hunters who stumbled onto a shiny pot of gold. Notre Dame is the country’s top ranked college football program for the first time since 1993.
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Ditka released from hospital after suffering minor stroke
After spending the better part of the weekend at a north suburban hospital following what was described as a minor stroke on Friday, former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka was headed back home.
Metro
Basketball tourney offers a shot at peace in tough neighborhoods
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$100K in stolen property seized in West Town
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From Englewood to Rhodes Scholar: ‘It’s huge’
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Cop shoots at driver trying to run him down after Gold Coast theft
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Prosecutors: Masked woman robbed her mother of 3.5-carat ring, and accomplice Tasered victim
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Gov. Pat Quinn: State’s worst in the nation unfunded pension burden has grown
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Aldermen balk at IG’s request for council employees’ time sheets
Nation
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Monkey dies from blow to head after zoo break-in
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Man accused of ‘Twilight’ plot committed in ‘09
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NJ official: Doc’s home had bomb-making chemicals
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Dolphins found shot, slashed, stabbed with tool
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Deputy: Truck hit by plane was allowed on runway
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Obama set to kick off legacy-building Asia trip
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Chris Christie won’t take ‘bait’ on Twinkies: ‘I’m on SNL enough’
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Stephen Colbert gets wax statue at Madame Tussauds in D.C.
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Obama again talks with Netanyahu on Gaza attacks
Crime
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Cop shoots at driver trying to run him down after Gold Coast theft
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Mag Mile stabbing victim’s family calls bartender hero
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4 dead, 12 hurt in weekend violence
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2 dead, 11 wounded in violence since Friday night
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Basketball tourney offers a shot at peace in tough neighborhoods
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Police: Inmate tried to hire hit man to kill girlfriend, kids
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Former detective receives eight-year sentence for deadly DUI crash
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Bail denied for Chicago man charged with 16-year-old girl’s murder
Politics
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Gov. Pat Quinn: State’s worst in the nation unfunded pension burden has grown
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Feds ‘going down every rat hole’ in Jesse Jackson Jr. probe: source
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Aldermen blast anonymous complaints component in mayor’s ethics reform
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Aldermen push for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
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City Council passes Emanuel’s budget on 46-3 vote
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Don’t expect Jesse Jackson Jr. back in Congress: sources
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Derrick Smith’s trial set for next October
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Food truck owners to file lawsuit against city
City Hall
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Gov. Pat Quinn: State’s worst in the nation unfunded pension burden has grown
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Aldermen balk at IG’s request for council employees’ time sheets
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Aldermen blast anonymous complaints component in mayor’s ethics reform
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Ald. Sandi Jackson misses budget vote
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Aldermen push for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
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City Council passes Emanuel’s budget on 46-3 vote
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‘Topless bar’ to stay open, pay city disputed back taxes, legal fees
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Ald.Burke disagrees with Abbate jury: No police ‘code of silence’
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Aldermen bristle at Emanuel’s electricity shopping plan
World
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At least 10 civilians killed in Israeli airstrike on house
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UN launches aerial attack on rebels in east Congo
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Thousands march for abortion rights in Ireland
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Anti-gay marriage marchers take to French streets
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Turkish cameraman set free by captors in Syria
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Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down rocket; cease-fire talk grows
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Young killed during student protest in Haiti
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Congo: 151 rebels killed in clash with army
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ANALYSIS: Why the Israel - Hamas conflict now?