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Officer Thomas Wortham Family Of Slain Officer Settles Lawsuit Against Shop That Sold Murder Weapen The family of a murdered Chicago policeman has reached a settlement in its lawsuit against a Mississippi gun shop. Crime Scene Tape generic sized image Man Arrested After Hitting Officer With Car Charges are pending against a man accused of hitting two police officers with a car overnight.

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Downtown Chicago skyline. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Democratic Party Asks Chicago To Bid For 2016 Convention Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz sent a letter to 15 cities asking them to submit proposals to host the convention in two years. Vice President Joe Biden performs a ceremonial swearing-in of U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly at the U.S. Capitol on April 11, 2013. Kelly was officially sworn in by House Speaker John Boehner earlier in the day. (Official White House Photo) Kelly Reflects On ‘Enlightening’ And Challenging First Year In Congress Congresswoman Robin Kelly said her first year in office replacing imprisoned Jesse Jackson Jr. was “like building a ship in the middle of the ocean,” because she was not only a freshman on Capitol Hill, but three months behind all her colleagues.

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(Credit: Crony Chronicles) As Illinois Struggles, Animated Map Shows Stark Unemployment Contrasts In Midwest As most of the nation continues to slowly come back from high unemployment from the Great Recession, Illinois continues to struggle in its job recovery, according to data from the U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics. Betty Goldstein. (Credit: Regine Schlesinger) Made In Chicago: Knitting Shop ‘We’ll Keep You in Stitches’ What started as a hobby has turned into a 45-year-old business for a Gold Coast woman.

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Classic record covers on display at the opening day of the annual WFMU's Record Fair, which benefits the noncommercial radio station based in Jersey City. Despite what many people thought just years ago, vinyl records have not lost fans with robust sales and many music enthusiasts preferring records to compact disks. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Vinyl Lovers Celebrating Record Store Day 2014 On Saturday, thousands of people will be visiting record stores around the world for Record Store Day 2014, celebrating the culture surrounding vinyl albums and independently-owned record shops. Film director George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Mayor Names Task Force To Find Location For Lucas Museum Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed a task force of a dozen civic leaders to find a potential location in Chicago where “Star Wars” creator George Lucas could build a new interactive art and filmmaking museum.

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Fertility Scorecard Illinois Among Best States For Addressing Infertility Some good news for women who are having difficulty becoming pregnant: Illinois is one of only five states in the country to get high marks for assisting couples with infertility. A surgeon sitting in front of screens of a Focal One device performs a robot-assisted prostate tumorectomy using ultrasound imaging on April 10, 2014 at the Edouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, center France. Focal One is the first robotic HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) device dedicated to the focal approach for prostate cancer therapy. According to EDAP TMS SA, a leader in therapeutic ultrasound, it combines the three essential components to efficiently perform a focal treatment: state-of-the-art imaging to localized tumors with the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with real-time ultrasound, utmost precision of robotic HIFU treatment focused only on identified targeted cancer areas, and immediate feedback on treatment efficacy utilizing Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging. (Photo credit: JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images) Rush Using New More Accurate Tests For Prostate Cancer The new technology involves the use of software that helps guide an ultrasound probe to possible problem spots detected on prostates through Magnetic Resonance Imaging exams (MRIs).

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Texting (CBS) Latest Phishing Scam: Text From Bank Telling You To ‘Reactivate’ Your Debit Card Another day, another high-tech illegal ploy to separate you from the cash in your bank account. CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports. Screenshot of the new Chicago Public Library website (Credit: CBS) Chicago Public Library Revamps Website The Chicago Public Library has supercharged its old workhorse website, unveiling a new site that is more user-friendly and up-to-date.

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