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Cook Co.’s top prosecutor takes lead in trial of alleged cop killer
Four years ago, Chicago Police Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez became another “grim statistic,” Cook County’s top prosecutor told a jury Monday. Then Anita Alvarez pointed to Christopher Harris, 24, an alleged gunman seated quietly nearby wearing glasses and a dark cardigan sweater. “And this defendant?” Alvarez said. “Well, this defendant became a murderer.”
Oldest male chimp in North America dies at Lincoln Park Zoo
If chimps could talk, they probably would have asked Keo how he lived so long. The chimp was 55 when staff at the Lincoln Park Read More
Taming Chicago’s $1.7 billion TIF monster
Tax increment financing is an off-putting name for an explosive political topic. After coming to Chicago three decades ago as an obscure funding tool for Read More
Taming Chicago’s $1.7 billion TIF monster
Tax increment financing is an off-putting name for an explosive political topic. After coming to Chicago three decades ago as an obscure funding tool for Read More
Man kills wife, himself after trying out for ‘Family Feud’: sources
Marcus T. Crosby and family members tried out for the popular game show on Sunday, but his wife, Kearra Hosey did not, a source said. Read More
Deadline missed, government shuts down for first time in 17 years
Updated: 2013-10-01 09:15:06
Congress plunged the U.S. government into a partial shutdown Tuesday for the first time in nearly two decades, as a conservative attempt to derail President Read More
Netanyahu urges US to keep Iran sanctions in place
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged President Barack Obama to keep tough economic sanctions on Iran in place, even as the U.S. weighs Read More
