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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Oct 8, 2011 9:30PM


  • A 54-year-old woman jumped to her death inside the atrium of the Thompson Center in an apparent suicide Friday night. [Sun-Times]

  • Violence exploded across town Friday night leaving three dead and 17 injured. [Tribune]

  • A group of men in Ohio are accused of breaking into Amish homes and cutting off the beards of men and the hair of women. [Tribune]

  • Ward Room's Ted McClelland says Mayor Rahm Emanuel is "the 1%" that the Occupy Chicago protesters are protesting against. [NBC]

  • A pair of conjoined twins who shared a heart died 23 days after their birth. [Naperville Sun]