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Extra Extra: Deer Moves Into Lakeview Backyard

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jun 11, 2012 11:00PM

This deer is moving on up to the east side. The urban wildlife has set up a nice home in a Lakeview backyard convenient to Wrigley Field. [NBC]
The Illinions pollution control board rejected groundwater testing for quarries. [Tribune]
A retired Oswego teacher is accused of arranging to have sex with a teen. [CBS]
An email phishing scam is targeting disabled veterans in Illinois. Sheesh, their next target is probably orphans with diseases or puppies with missing limbs. [ABC7]
Concluding the company committed “theft” by overbilling taxpayers “millions” of dollars, the state has banned McDonough Associates Inc., a 45-year-old engineering giant with ties to the Daley family and dozens of other politicians, from getting any state work for three years. [Sun-Times]