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 Privatization of city parking meters clears hurdle

Mayor Daley’s $1.15 billion plan to privatize Chicago’s 36,000 parking meters — and sharply increase the rates motorists pay to feed them — got lightning-fast approval from a City Council committee Wednesday despite a barrage of aldermanic criticism.

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Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool (left) and County Board President Todd Stroger spoke on different radio shows in their first unofficial debate before their anticipated showdown for board presidency in the 2010 Democratic primary. (John H. White/Sun-Times)
Did jealousy fuel Hudson family murders? The man accused of killing three of actress Jennifer Hudson’s family members was angry that Hudson’s sister, his estranged wife, was dating another man, prosecutors said in court today. And on the day of the murders William Balfour “again warned Julia Hudson about having a relationship with another man after he saw a birthday present, which he concluded was a gift from that boyfriend,” Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney LuAnn Snow said.
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Metro & Tri-state Man guilty of shooting at Metra engineer
A man who shot at a Metra train engineer last summer as part of a murder-for-hire plot said he was given another choice of where to carry out the killing — a day care center. Telly Virgin, 33, pleaded guilty today to shooting at a moving Metra train last summer. He said Theodore Howard, 48, of Chicago gave him crack and cash to shoot his ex-wife.
Prosecutor: Balfour threatened Hudson's family Theatergoer tussles with workers at 'Jersey Boys' Man gets 13 years for not testifing in murder trial Privatization of city parking meters clears hurdle Alderman seeks pardon for 'Mr. Clean' who wasn't NW Side restaurant closed by health inspector FBI: Police officers were muscle for 'drug dealers' Bally Total Fitness files for Chapter 11 again CTA rolls out hybrid buses Why do wives hate mothers-in-law? Radio static: Stroger takes on Claypool Area job cuts reach seven-year high 'The gate of heaven had to swing open for them'

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