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By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 18, 2011 10:00PM

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Kevin Dickert captures this gorgeous sunset on North Avenue Beach.

  • The opening of Rivers Casino in Des Plaines ties up traffic. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • Brookfield Zoo orangutan Maggie turns 50, is also a cougar. [Sun-Times]
  • Randy Michaels' first move at the post-alternative Q101: bringing back one-time morning icon Robert Murphy. [Feder/TOC]
  • DraftFCB's Chicago office names a new chief creative officer. [Crain's]
  • A 13-year-old girl on the Northwest side stole her brother's SUV and promptly ran it into a CTA bus, injuring nine. [Sun-Times]
  • Both Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk agree eliminating the debt ceiling is a bad thing. [CBS Chicago]
  • A missing 4-year-old girl was found today. Her uncle has been charged with kidnapping her. [ABC 7]

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