Illinois Lawmakers Hope to OK Gay Marriage in January
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...O'Hare Union Workers Call for Re-bid on Contract
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...Breaking News: 500 King College Prep Students Sit-In Demanding Resignation of Principal
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...Man Dies After Being Tasered By Police
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CHICAGO — A man died Thursday after being Tasered by police.
Philip Coleman, 38, "became combative" with officers Thursday whiles being transported from the Calumet district police station to court, according to a police statement.
Coleman was Tasered and then transported to Roseland Hospital, where he became physically aggressive with hospital
Man Dies After Falling from Hotel Roof
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(AP) — A 23-year-old man has died after falling into a smokestack atop a Chicago hotel.
Authorities say the man was trying to take a photo from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel on Michigan Avenue when he fell 22 feet down the smokestack. He was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital early Thursday. His name wasn't immediately







