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By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 13, 2011 11:00PM

  • Charges were brought against four men in the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. [Tribune]
  • Former Sun-Times Publisher Conrad Black will be re-sentenced in June for fraud. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • Sun-Times Media Holdings LLC is cutting some days from its papers in Joliet, Aurora and Naperville. [Crain's]
  • Ed Burke has invited Erin Brokovich to testify in hearings about Chicago water quality. Does Burke know Brokovich doesn't look like Julia Roberts? [NBC Chicago]
  • A teen was shot near a bus stop on the South side. [ABC7]
  • Time Out Chicago President/Editor Frank Sennett inks a book deal about Groupon and its CEO, Andrew Mason. [Tower Ticker]
  • Former Fox Chicago reporter Lilia Chacon becomes director of PR for city treasurer Stephanie Neely. [Feder/TOC]
  • Andy Shaw with a cautionary tale on w true lame duck politician. [Shaw Blog/BGA]