Columbia College freshman killed near South Side train station
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Ironically, Kevin Ambrose didn’t want his friend to walk alone from the 47th Street train station by himself. So Tuesday night, the 19-year-old went to meet him, but ended up shot to death en route.
Police say Ambrose, who had just finished his first year at Columbia College Chicago, was shot in the back.
Charter school supporters rally in downtown Chicago
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Charter Parents United and its supporters rallied in big numbers Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in downtown Chicago near the Chicago Public Schools headquarters. The group is pushing back against what it considers low funding for charter schools and city leaders call for a moratorium on new charter school startups. Defender/Worsom Robinson
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Butler just keeps going and going for Bulls
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Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler looks for an opening past Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, right, during the second half of Game 1 of the NBA basketball playoff series in the Eastern Conference semifinals, Monday, May 6, 2013 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
MIAMI — Jimmy Butler got into the Chicago starting lineup about six weeks ago, his break c
...Former Chicago alderman arrested on weapons charge
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A former Chicago alderman has been arrested on charges she approached police officers outside a neighborhood district headquarters with a loaded gun.
Sharon Dixon was ordered held Tuesday in lieu of $25,000 on felony unlawful use of a weapon and possessing a firearm without a license.
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Beavers: Jury selection fundamentally flawed
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William "Bill" Beavers
A former Cook County commissioner has asked a judge to toss his tax-evasion convictions, alleging the system for picking would-be federal jurors in northeastern Illinois was fundamentally flawed and led to no black men on his jury.
William Beavers, who is black, argues in a motion filed this week in U.S. District Court in
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