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Extra Extra: Chicago Court Prepares For Dennis Hastert Arraignment

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Jun 8, 2015 10:15PM

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  • Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert will be in court in Chicago tomorrow to face accusations that he used millions of dollars in hush money to cover up a past wrongdoing. [Tribune]

  • The children of the woman who was fatally struck by a CTA bus in the Loop have filed a lawsuit against the transit agency and the bus driver. [Tribune]

  • Two years since the cyclist Bobby Cann was fatally struck by a motorist on Clybourn Avenue in Old Town, there has been little progress made on the DUI case against the driver. [Reader]

  • The city has accepted a proposal to turn Dyett High School on the South Side into a sports-themed school, even though that proposal missed the deadline. [Sun-Times]

  • Can you name a Blackhawk player just by looking at his beard? DNAinfo has a quiz to test out your Stanley Cup beard prowess. [DNAinfo]
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