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July 3, 2008
Airline charging $3 for certain items and $6 for alcoholic beverages
Colombian rebels held them captive for years in a jungle.
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Nicholas Sheley, for now, charged with the murders of 2.
July 1, 2008
Police are taking vehicles away from drunk drivers
Cook County increases sales tax to 10.25 percent
Area detectives investigating the incident.
The two teams now split the season series 3-3.
Police holding one person in custody and are looking for another.
Donald Kox in serious but stable condition after he was shot while on duty.
Nine people have been shot in the Chicago area since last night.
Mayor Richard Daley calls it "a very frightening decision."
Officials say they fired at the man after he began swinging a crutch at them.
Police looking into possible connection between the Dolton hostage shooting and one at Lane Bryant last February.
Police Superintendent said shooting was gang related and his parents are to blame.
Carlin dies from heart failure at 71.
Two men fatally shot by Chicago police Sunday in separate incidents.
Search efforts reveal teen body who disappeared while swimming.
June 20, 2008
The teenager who was shot in the head on the South Side has died.
Wednesday eighty Illinois Army National Guard soldiers from North Riverside are coming back home. The soldiers have been supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom for the past year by providing medical care to thousands of patients in Kuwait.
Rising foreclosures causing overcrowding at Chicago shelters.
June 23, 2008
Danelo Solis charged with first-degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault.
June 18, 2008
Chicago Public Schools to unveil $2 million scholarship program.
June 26, 2008
Broken levees and previous flooding damage continues to plague the Midwest.
June 18, 2008
Water levels in Chain O' Lakes expected to crest soon
Mayor Daley meets with head of FAA to discuss congestion issues at O'Hare.
June 13, 2008
Families and friends gather to remember four scouts killed by tornado in Iowa.
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Trial of R&B music star R. Kelly is underway. The 41-year-old Kelly is charged with 14 counts of child pornography associated with a sex tape. Check here for the latest information on the trial.
June 11, 2008
Charged with killing five people in the South Side last April.
A federal jury found Antoin "Tony" Rezko guilty in 16 of 24 charges Wednesday afternoon.
Associated Press
Barack Obama now the first major African American candidate for the White House.
Philip Hersh, Chicago Tribune | 10:57 AM CDT
Chicago has advanced to the final phase of the contest to become host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics, although it apparently has ground to make up on its three remaining rivals before the International Olympic Committee's 110 members choose the winner Oct. 2, 2009.
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In Dolton, a man was shot to death by police after a robbery and hostage situation at an insurance office.