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By Staff in News on Jun 15, 2011 5:40PM

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  • Hispanic contractors accused city Inspector General Joseph Ferguson of overstating the depth of fraud and abuse in the city's minority set-aside program. [Sun-Times]

  • Police shoot and kill a carjacking suspect in Roseland. [Chicago Breaking News]

  • The Tribune continues its freshening with some changes to the print edition. [Tribune]

  • State Senate President John Cullerton met with CME Group Inc. Chairman Terrence Duffy and said he's willing to consider cutting the corporate income tax rate if it means CME doesn't leave Illinois. [Crain's]

  • Another plane crash in the Aurora area: a plane crashes into a home, killing a teen. [Daily Herald]

  • A 15-year-old boy was robbed at gunpoint by a gang of seven near Ogilvie Transportation Center. [Chicago Breaking News]

  • Here's a nice profile of the Washburne Culinary Institute. [CNC]


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