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- The fire at the Empress Casino in Joliet is now under control, according to fire officials. The fire broke out in an unoccupied part of the casino under-going construction.
- A pair of South Side alderman have proposed a measure that would allow security guards at three South Side strip malls to write tickets for offenses such as parking violations and loitering.
- Noah Henry's maternal grandmother relented to a court order and officially turned the child over to the custody of his father, former Bull Eddy Curry.
- What not to do if you're upset about Chicago's parking meter rate hike: physically assault a parking meter.
- Jurors in the Al Sanchez trial failed to reach a verdict today and will continue deliberations on Monday.
- Ayers apologizes. Sorta.
- The Chi-Town Daily News talks to RTA Executive Director Stephen E. Schlickman about the challenges facing the region's transit authorities.
- With medicinal marijuana a blazing topic in Illinois these days, Michigan's new laws go into effect next month.
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