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Memorial Day ceremonies honor IL servicemembers WGNtv.com Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta served as Grand Marshal of Chicago's Memorial Day parade which featured local marching bands, junior ROTC programs and various veterans' organizations. Hundreds braved the chilly temperatures and lined both sides ... and more »

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Homeless pair charged in string of Near North burglaries Chicago Tribune Lamont Gordon, 46, and Stacy Yearby, who turned 42 on Friday, both face burglary charges in the break-ins that began about May 4 and continued throughout the month. Gordon is charged in nine burglaries, at least four of them matching a pattern of ... and more »

PAWS Chicago to help Oklahoma pets WGNtv.com Members of the no-kill animal shelter PAWS Chicago are in Oklahoma, working to help the dozens of pets who were injured or displaced by Monday's tornado. More than 350 volunteers left for Oklahoma Friday. They plan to bring back 75 pets living in ...

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Shootings on South, West sides leave 3 dead, 9 wounded Chicago Tribune Related; Police investigate a flipped car after shooting · Central Avenue homicide · 4th Austin murder in week: A family just wants to know if it's their son · Search crime data for your Chicago community · Crime in Chicago: Explore your community; See ... and more »

4th Austin murder in week: A family just wants to know if it's their son Chicago Tribune 9:18 a.m. CDT, May 25, 2013. Leetema Daniels' family negotiated with police 25 feet from where his body lay in a West Side gangway just after midnight Saturday morning. ... More Austin crime » More Austin crime » · Video: Chicago crime overnight ...

What Detroit crisis? Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii Chicago Tribune The trip 4,500 miles west to a four-star resort on the world-famous Waikiki Beach in Honolulu doesn't sit well with the top officials now running Detroit's finances under an emergency order from the state of Michigan. Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has ... and more »

Parts of Dead Sea Scrolls, world's oldest biblical manuscripts, are for sale _ ... Fox News The world of Holy Land antiquities is rife with theft, deception, and geopolitics, and the Dead Sea Scrolls are no exception. Their discovery in 1947, ... of them to the museum. Other fragments went to Jordanian and French state collections, and ... and more »

Regional News Briefs: Suspect in Superior shooting arrested in Duluth Pierce County Herald 41-year-old Juan Padilla of Fort Mohave is charged in Douglas County with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Terrence Luukkonen. He was found shot-to-death yesterday in his car outside of Genesis Attachments in Superior. Authorities said ... and more »

Western Wisconsin News Briefs: Blue River woman charged with kicking jailer in ... Pierce County Herald A truck driver from suburban Chicago has pleaded guilty to causing an Interstate crash in western Wisconsin that killed another trucker. 23-year-old Destry Wilson of Great Lakes, Illinois was convicted of felony negligent homicide. Four other charges ...

Victim warned family, 'If they don't kill me, they're going to kill you' Chicago Tribune More Chicago Lawn crime » · Search crime data for your Chicago community; Maps; 7100 South Oakley Avenue, Chicago, IL 60636, USA. Investigators are looking into whether the two may have been killed in a robbery, authorities said. Following autopsies ... and more »