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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 6:09 a.m. Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson provides details on his report regarding questionable cash donations to a charity founded by Maggie Daley. 6:39 a.m. The I-phone 4S - Is...Tags: Paul Green, Maggie Daley, Theo Epstein, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Apple iPhone
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Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been removed from office
Tribune staff reportersSweeping aside six years of scandal and crippling political infighting with a historic impeachment vote, the state Senate on Thursday ousted one governor for abusing his power and anointed another who built his political career around having no power at...Tags: U.S. Senate, Prosecution, Trials, Terry Link, Politics
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Abbate Gets Probation For Beating Bartender
(WGN-AM)- A Chicago police officer was sentenced to two years probation Tuesday for pummeling a woman who was tending bar, even though prosecutors produced a previously unseen video showing him beating someone else at the bar hours earlier.
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Cheney Delivers Direct Counterpoint to Obama's Address on National Security
(WGN-AM)- On Thursday morning former Vice President Dick Cheney maintained that the CIA never tortured anyone in an address that strongly defended the Bush administration's interrogations of suspected terrorists and sternly criticized the Obama...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC
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Quinn Names New State Prison Director
(WGN-AM) - Governor Pat Quinn turned Thursday to the assistant director of Ohio's prison system to run the Illinois Department of Corrections, an agency struggling to manage overcrowded prisons with a shrinking staff. Michael Randle offered few hints...Tags: Pat Quinn, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago, Executive Branch
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U.S. Attorney Tells Businesses to Hire Ex-Convicts
(WGN-AM) - U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says the business community can help reduce violence in Chicago by hiring ex-convicts. Fitzgerald told a Chicago civic club on Thursday that jobs help ex-offenders stay away from the criminal activity that...Tags: Patrick Fitzgerald, Employers, Justice System, Lawyers, Crimes
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Lombard Man Gets 18 Months in Prison For Promoting Dog Fight
(WGN-AM)- A 22-year-old Lombard man who allowed his pit bull to fight another pit bull and then encouraged his animal during the battle pleaded guilty Tuesday to promoting a dogfight and was sentenced to 18 months in prison in what may be the first...Tags: Dog (animal), Trials, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, DuPage County
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Blagojevich Fundraiser Sentenced To 37 Months In Jail
(WGN-AM)- Christopher Kelly, a former adviser and chief fundraiser for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, was sentenced to 37 months in prison today on federal tax fraud charges for concealing his use of corporate funds to cover gambling debts.
Kelly had faced...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Travel, Executive Branch, Judges
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Chicago Furrier Eludes Prison for Money Laundering
(WGN-AM) - A well-known Chicago furrier eluded prison for his role in a money-laundering scheme in which prosecutors said he placed a drug dealer on his payroll. Sohrab Tebyanian, the owner of Andriana Furs, was sentenced to 3 years of probation, 6...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Judges, Trials, Justice System, Drug Trafficking
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Freshman Charged with Detonating Chemical Device at Lockport High School
(WGN-AM) - A Lockport Township High School freshman told police the "chemical device" that exploded in a school hallway on Monday was a prank and he hadn't meant to hurt anyone. Will County prosecutors charged the 15-year-old boy in connection with the...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Prosecution, Teen-agers, Lawyers, Crimes
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Police Seeking Owners Of Stolen Computer Equiptment
(WGN-AM)- He allegedly scaled buildings like Spider-Man -- not to rescue citizens from distress, but to steal from them. Chicago police say a man who spent seven years in jail for stealing laptops from Loop businesses went back to the same mischief the...Tags: Chicago Loop, Gaming, Entertainment, Chicago Tribune, Justice System
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Teen Pleads Guilty to CTA Bus Murder
(WGN-AM)- A 17-year-old boy who stood trial Friday in the fatal shooting of Julian High School student Blair Holt on a CTA bus in May 2007 pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery. Michael Pace, who was...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Lawyers, Travel, Crimes
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