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• The List: Chicago Schools To Be Closed
  The Chicago School Board voted to close 49 underutilized or underperforming elementary schools on Wednesday as part of a plan to close a $1 billion budget deficit.
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• Board Votes To Close 49 Chicago Elementary Schools
  The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday voted to close 49 elementary schools, in what is believed to be the biggest single mass shutdown of schools in U.S. history.
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• Lockdown Lifted At Morton West High School
  Morton West High School has been placed on lock down for precautionary reasons after an unknown individual entered the building.
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• Former Glenbard East Student Accused Of Planning Columbine-Type Attack
  A 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East High School in Lombard was in custody on Wednesday, accused of planning a "Columbine-style" attack on the school, with a list of people he wanted to target.
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• Woman Robs North Side Bank
  A woman robbed a Lakeview bank Tuesday afternoon on the city’s North Side.
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• Four Schools To Be Spared From Closing; Another To Be Delayed
  Hours before a final vote by the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools officials have agreed to back off of plans to close four of the 53 elementary schools targeted for closing at the end of the school year, Board Vice President Jesse Ruiz confirmed Wednesday morning.
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• Boy, 17, Fatally Shot In Back Of The Yards
  A teenage boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said.
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• Police: Man Killed In Jump From Gold Coast Building
  A man jumped to his death early Tuesday from the Gold Coast high-rise building where he lived, authorities said.
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• Police: Man Touches Woman’s Leg At South Loop CTA Station
  Police are looking for man who inappropriately touched a woman at a South Loop CTA station Tuesday morning.
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• Rapper Chief Keef Arrested In Georgia Hotel After Staff Smells Marijuana
  Chicago rapper Chief Keef makes no secret of his fondness for marijuana. The staff at the swanky LeMeridien Atlanta Perimeter hotel doesn’t share that fondness.
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