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By Chuck Sudo in News on May 31, 2011 10:00PM

  • Former Streamwood cop James Mandarino will receive no jail time for beating a man with his nightstick. [Tribune]
  • All that stands between Illinois and its new congressional map is Gov. Quinn's signature. [Tribune]
  • The 7.19 inches of rainfall recorded at O'Hare this month falls short of the record set in 1945, but it's still a lot of rain. [CBS Local]
  • Funding cuts in the state budget mean less roadwork in the suburbs. [Daily Herald]
  • North Avenue Beach is reopened. [ABC 7]
  • County Board President Toni Preckwinkle warns workers of more furlough days. [Fox Chicago]
  • The Cubs place Alfonso Soriano on the DL with a strained left quadriceps muscle. [ESPN Chicago]