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By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 10, 2009 12:00AM

• Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of two Illinois National Guardsmen who were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb this weekend.
• The saga of Daniel Fore continues in Oak Park; Fore is a homeless man attempting to get his name on the ballot for village trustee.
• More bad job news, this time from the Tribune (again).
• Seven children were found living alone at a South Side residence on Sunday.
• A weekend stabbing is the fifth violent attack/killing in Country Club Hills in the last 11 days.
• Gov. Quinn made two staff picks today: he appointed Jerome Stermer as chief of staff and Theodore Chung as his general counsel. These came after his weekend appoint of U.S. Army captain Dan Grant as the head of the state's Department of Veterans' Affairs.