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wlsam.com  McCarthy: "Slavery. Segregation. Black codes. Jim Crow ... what did they all have in common? Anybody getting’ scared? Government sponsored racism." -- accessibility to firearms in America is an extension "of government-sponsored racism"  ...

chicagotribune.com  No suspects in custody for any of the incidents  ...

chicagotribune.com  Crewmember of California Zephyr en route from Chicago to Emeryville, California and truck driver at Nevada highway crossing killed  ...

chicagotribune.com Attempted to sell heroin to an undercover Schaumburg cop  ...

chicago.cbslocal.com  Jones’ son, Ryan, was on the field when his dad fell to the ground  ...

chicagotribune.com  Chicago "bundle runner" in the West Side heroin trade; one of Chicago's most wanted fugitives  ...

abclocal.go.com/wls  City originally said gangs, fights were not the reason for the closure  ...  arlingtoncardinal.com  City emphasized heat illness as the reason  ...  suntimes.com  Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Speculation that violence or gang trouble played role in decision to close beach “was not shared with me.”  ...