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Jackson Jr. will modify mortgage to pay feds $550,000, lawyers say

WASHINGTON — Jesse Jackson Jr., the former congressman imprisoned for looting $750,000 from his campaign treasury, will pay the $550,000 balance of the forfeiture he owes the federal government by refinancing a home mortgage, lawyers said in a court filing late Thursday.

Prosecutors: Man beats neighbor's boyfriend after parking beef

Upset about a parking spot outside the building he shared, prosecutors said a man beat his upstairs neighbor’s boyfriend unconscious on Friday evening after brandishing a gun.

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Cubs' Junior Lake wears wrong jersey for an inning

PITTSBURGH -- Cubs outfielder Junior Lake provided some comic relief Thursday when he wore the wrong gray jersey during the first inning of a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Drake

City Photo

The Drake Hotel offering amnesty for stolen items

Perhaps you still feel guilty about swiping that towel from the Drake Hotel a decade ago. Or maybe the shame of pinching a custom silver vase still gnaws at you forty years later.

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To Infinity And Beyond

50 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Chicago

50 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Chicago

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Chicago Train

O'hare International Airport

Train Derailment

Chicago Fire Department

Focus in CTA crash falls on operator fatigue, braking system

More than 30 people were injured this morning when a CTA train jumped the platform and climbed up an escalator at the end of the Blue Line at O'Hare International Airport, officials said.

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Snow Is Falling

Snow Falls

Monday Afternoon

National Weather Service

Snow falls again in Chicago, more on the way: 'It's not over yet'

Lake-effect snow is falling in Chicago this morning and could drop as much as two inches of total accumulation today, according to meteorologists.

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Chicago Lakefront

Chicago Police Officer

Metra police: Berwyn woman trespassed on train, assaulted officer

A west suburban woman is accused of breaking into a secure area of a Metra train on Friday and then twice grabbing and squeezing the genitals of a Metra police officer who tried to arrest her, causing the officer to be hospitalized.

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Man Conceived At Des Plaines Oasis Stages One-Man Protest Of Closure

Man Conceived At Des Plaines Oasis Stages One-Man Protest Of Closure - CBS Chicago

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Ice on Lake Michigan proving fatal to waterfowl

Field Museum research assistant Josh Engel has spent a couple days this week along the lakefront performing the grim task of collecting dead waterfowl.