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By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 5, 2009 12:00AM

• Federal investigators on the Jon Burge torture case have widened their scope to include several of Burge's former colleagues.
• A new police unit on the West Side, led by commander James Roussell, has seen dramatic improvements in violent crime statistics. Roussell credits using a similar strategy he used against insurgents when fighting in Iraq as a Marine Reserve officer.
• State Representative Cynthia Soto is asking for a one-year moratorium on the closing and reorganizing of several Chicago-area schools.
• A handwritten copy of President Lincoln's 1864 acceptance speech could get up to $4 million when it goes to auction.
• The Board of Trustees for the City Colleges of Chicago is calling a do-over on a vote to hike tuition by 10 percent after complaints they didn't give the public enough notice about the first hearing.
• The well known Marathon Mural just south of Armitage is being changed to an Olympic-themed mural to support the Chicago 2016 bid.
• See You In My Nightmares: Raptors ahead!