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Girls from across Chicago become firefighters for a day

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2 fatally shot in Hyde Park

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4 beluga whales on way to Shedd from closed Canadian park, report says

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Magnolia Bakery reopens week after failed health inspection

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Leahy Building in River North, home to Sound Bar nightclub, sold for conversion to apartments

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Arts and Culture

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High School Basketball

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Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman gets new contract worth more than $31 million over 10 years

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Chicago police cadet goose-stepped at Jones College Prep while wearing Nazi-like uniform

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Never underestimate value of Medicare

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Unsolved murders of police officers require extra attention

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Jury convicts 3 in robbery spree that targeted Irish Nobleman Pub, liquor and convenience stores

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