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By Rachelle Bowden in News on Mar 1, 2007 2:00AM

You don't think Chicago politics are rough? Several campaign volunteers in the 16th and 24th wards report being attacked near polling places yesterday.
At least they had room to defend themselves: hardly anyone showed up at the polls.
The ladies ever call you a "boy toy" or "arm piece"? It wasn't your boss was it?
Abbott Labs cutting 200 jobs in Illinois.
Surprise: Macy's on State Street is struggling.
The Cook County sheriff might take over the Stroger Hospital beat.
Road trip: Loyola Academy's varsity hockey coach was arrested while in Pittsburgh for a tournament last weekend for assaulting an off-duty cop and threatening his family.
A disgruntled former employee shot and killed a 60-year-old shopkeeper after he learned he couldn't get his job back right away.

"Lion of the Disenfranchised, Disenfranchised" via Michael DaKidd.