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Blagojevich testimony ends; closing arguments next

chicagobreakingnews.com Blago stepped from the witness stand Tuesday and extended his hand to shake the prosecutor's hand; assistant U.S. Attorney Reid Schar did not reciprocate the hand shake  ...  arlingtoncardinal.com Blagojevich commenting after retrial: "It's a lonely time"  ...

Phil Humber has allowed three earned runs or less in seven of eight starts

chicagotribune.com/sports Humber helped Sox extend home winning streak against Seattle to 10  ...

TMZ: Kelsey Grammer wants to enroll Jude, 6, in a Chicago school

tmz.com Kelsey proposes he have primary physical custody of Jude, and Camille shall have primary physical custody of Mason  ... FLASHBACK:  nbcchicago.com Grammer is starring in pilot drama series "Boss"  ...

240 warnings and 1 ticket to bicyclists running red lights at one intersection for two hours during morning rush

chicagobreakingnews.com  An average 1,300 crashes (5 fatalities) involve bicyclists in Chicago each year  ...  Sting located Milwaukee Ave and Desplaines and Kinzie Streets MAP / SAT / Street View

DuPage County Smart911 service allows residents to register vital information linked to land line and cell phone info

dailyherald.com Residents can create a household profile, including information about dogs on siteor details, such as house obscured by trees  ...

Woman attacked by male/white offender Monday afternoon in downtown Crystal Lake alley

triblocal.com/crystal-lake Grabbed the woman and led her to a more secluded area of the alley between two garbage containers behind a business and struck her  ... North Williams Street between Woodstock and  Brink St   MAP / SAT / Street View

Roman Catholic priest Rev. John F. Regan, 47, former pastor of St. Walter Parish, accused of stealing more than $300,000 from collection plates

chicagobreakingnews.com Diocesan spokesman said that misappropriations were “related to gambling  ... MAP / SAT / bing Maps Bird's eye ...

Top Obama adviser David Axelrod says Sarah Palin is an example of ‘Why We Can’t Abandon Education’ -- referring to her Paul Revere 'gaffe' that's been cleared

chicago.cbslocal.com “We need good education so everybody knows their history lessons.” ...  bostonherald.com Experts back Sarah Palin’s historical account of Paul Revere; Cornell law professor William Jacobson asserted last week that Palin was correct  ...

Chicago police searching for missing man, Joshua Brown, 33; left suicide note at South Loop home

chicagobreakingnews.com 6' 200 LBS male/black light complexion -- last seen Monday  ...  abclocal.go.com/wls  Suicide note: "Have fun, then end life" -- frequents bars in South Loop and Streeterville -- may be driving 1995 Saturn two-door, Illinois license plate JB9539  ...   Info? Call Belmont Area special-victims detectives at 312-744-8266.

Woman, 84, crashes into Glenview Post Office main entrance on Patriot Blvd

triblocal.com/glenview  Injured in 2001 Toyota Avalon crash at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday  ... 1400 Patriot Blvd MAP / SAT / Street view ...

Blago's defense tries to play first Rahm Emanuel tape; prosecution blocks it

blogs.suntimes.com But can ask Blagojevich if he had the conversation and what he remembers saying  ...

Flint Farmer identified as man shot, killed by police during foot chase: Turned toward police while holding cell phone at 1:40 AM domestic incident

chicagobreakingnews.com Police: "Flint Farmer -- in foot chase with police -- turned toward officer while pulling an object from his pocket"   ...  6200 block of South Wolcott Avenue MAP / SAT / Street View  ...

Chicago Police: Teachers Eliza Martinelli, 34, and her brother Nelson Quintana Jr., 27, of Dayspring Christian Academy sexually assaulted students

chicagobreakingnews.com Attacks allegedly occurred at school; former students who were 13 to 17 years-old  ... 5133 W. Fullerton Ave MAP / SAT / Street View ...

Northwest suburban man Krzysztof Wilkowski describes attack by by teen mob in Chicago

dailyherald.com First teens whipped a baseball bat at him, then he was surrounded by about 20 males  ... FLASHBACK: ChicagoMediaScanner.com 12 men attacked one man on scooter on Northwestern University's downtown campus  ...  nbcchicago.com 5 charged  ...  abclocal.go.com/wls  Residents noticed increased police persence  ... 

Prospect High School in soft lockdown as police surround home nearby; 1 soft pellet gun shooting suspect arrested

arlingtoncardinal.com  Soft pellet gun shooting not connected with any school, 1 suspect in custody  ... 600 block of Larkdale Lane MAP / SAT / Street View ...

HazMat response at Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building Tuesday Morning, Hazmat also at MIT Tuesday morning

chicagobreakingnews.com Police/fire called at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday  ... 77 West Jackson Blvd ...  tech.mit.edu  Suspicious materials disrupted by Cambridge bomb squad at New House around 9:50 am. ...   wickedlocal.com/cambridge Possible pipe bomb found MIT dorm in Cambridge  ...

Westbound I-80 closed: Two semi-trailer trucks crash on Interstate 80 at Briggs Street in Joliet

chicagobreakingnews.com Personal injury crash with I-80 closure caused backup to I-355  ...

Guy Edward Hansen, 51, Naperville charged with aggravated assault, resisting peace officer and more

naperville.patch.com Criminal trespass, retail theft; transported to DuPage County Jail about 11 p.m .Friday June 3  ... 275 East Ogden Ave. and North Brainard Street in Naperville

Austan Goolsbee resigning as Obama’s economic adviser, returning to Chicago

suntimes.com Plans to return to University of Chicago business school this fall  ...  wikipedia Austan_Goolsbee  ...

3 shot in Washington Park neighborhood in Chicago's South Side

chicagobreakingnews.com Witnesses report vehicle fleeing about 9:50 p.m. Monday; bullet wound to leg, thigh, and foot  ... 5900 block of South Wabash Avenue

Metra train collides with Semi-trailer truck between West Chicago and Geneva

chicagobreakingnews.com No reports of injuries on train No. 68; crash occurred about 9:45 p.m. Monday near Roosevelt Road  ...