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By Staff in News on Jul 12, 2011 5:30PM
- Ahmad Wali Karzai (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Ahmad Wali Karzai, the half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was assassinated today. He used to run a restaurant in Lakeview. [Tribune]
A Gary man's reason for driving without a license: "I'm blind." [Sun-Times]
The Joliet landfill owner who was at the center of a heated dispute between Rod Blagojevich and Dick Mell has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. [Chicago Breaking News]
Beachwood Reporter rounds up the best of Vince Gerasole. [Beachwood Reporter]
A CT scanner revelas a mummy with no torso at the Field Museum. [CBS Chicago]
Today marks one year since the Supreme Court struck down Chicago's handgun ban. [ABC 7]
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against McCormick Place officials who wanted to keep worker rules in place while they appealed a federal court ruling that those rules were unlawful. [Tribune]