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Wilmette repeals town's handgun ban after high court ruling
Chicago Tribune reportersWilmette may be the first, but it's unlikely to be the last Chicago suburb to repeal its handgun ban in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision last month to declare a similar measure unconstitutional. Morton Grove, which approved the...Tags: Evanston, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Chicago City Council
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Man paralyzed since 2002 files suit saying he was beaten by Chicago cops in '06
Chicago Tribune reporterThough Daniel Casares has no use of his legs and only limited motion in his arms, he was convicted of striking an officer and resisting arrest in an October 2006 incident on the Southeast Side of Chicago. Casares denies striking the officer, and says...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Law Enforcement, Passenger Cars, Court Administration, James Brown
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No love from state workers in L.A. for Schwarzenegger's wage-cut plan
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersNo one likes to wake up to the news that the boss may slash salaries to the minimum wage. California's state workers on Thursday were digesting the news that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may cut their pay to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour...Tags: Unemployment, Mortgages, Society, Don Williams, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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N.Y. sues UBS over risky investments
The Associated PressNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued banking giant UBS for fraud Thursday, accusing the company of marketing tens of billions of dollars of auction-rate securities as safe even when they knew the investments were in trouble. The civil lawsuit...Tags: Auction Service, Litigation
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Judge: Child-Killer Is Mentally Competent
Associated PressBOISE, Idaho -- Convicted child-killer Joseph Edward Duncan III is mentally competent to face a death penalty hearing, a federal judge in Idaho ruled Thursday. Duncan faces the death penalty on three of 10 federal charges related to the 2005 kidnapping...Tags: Death Penalty, Judges, Tourism and Leisure, Mental Illness, Court Administration
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Tenn. Supreme Court rules against automaker
Associated Press WriterThe state Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's decision to award a couple $13 million in punitive damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler Corp. The lawsuit claimed 8-month-old Joshua Flax was riding in the back seat of a 1998 Dodge...Tags: Minivans and Vans, Automotive Equipment, Local Authority, Chrysler LLC, Daimler AG
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Police videos show wild chase of U-Haul that killed teen
Special to the Chicago TribuneVideos recorded by cameras in two Buffalo Grove squad cars show a U-Haul truck near the end of a wild police chase two years ago, veering from side to side in traffic and racing around street corners before a crash that killed a suburban teenager and...Tags: Fires, Murder, Buffalo Grove, Transportation Accidents, People
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Minnesota news in brief at 8:58 p.m. CDT
The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday aimed at improving the safety of the nation's bridges, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis. The vote was 367-55. The legislation would authorize an...Tags: House, Road Transportation, John McCain, Judges, Parliament
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Ocean City hotel robbery suspect pleads guilty
The Associated PressA Stockton man has pleaded guilty in an armed robbery of the Grand Stowaway hotel with his girlfriend, Ocean City police said. Police said today that 23-year-old Michael Taylor pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in jail earlier this week....Tags: Ocean City, Prisons, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Punishment, Tourism and Leisure
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Woman describes brutal attack at Kentucky Fried Chicken
Sun reporterAn 82-year-old woman, a victim of a vicious mugging outside a Baltimore fast-food restaurant last year, took the stand against her alleged assailant in city Circuit Court Thursday, narrated surveillance video that captured a portion of the attack and...Tags: Television Industry, Religious Leaders, Murder, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lawyers
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