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Extra Extra: Man Arrested In Southwest Side Hostage Situation

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 22, 2014 11:00PM

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  • A hostage situation on the Southwest Side this afternoon involving a man holding his children at gunpoint in a semitrailer at 43rd Street and Cicero Avenue ended with the man's arrest. [Tribune]
  • Ezekiel Emanuel, the lesser known of the Emanuel brothers, says he hopes to die at 75. [Sun-Times]
  • Gov. Pat Quinn and Bruce Rauner agree on "common sense" over gun laws, but they disagree on what "common sense" means. [Fox News Chicago]
  • New City’s “Art 50” list is out. [New City]
  • Donations to University of Illinois in the fiscal year that ended June 30 jumped 10.5 percent over the previous year. [Crain's]