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Extra Extra: Daley Will Not Testify In Police Torture Case

By Chuck Sudo in News on Nov 15, 2013 12:00AM

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  • A Cook County judge ruled Thursday that former Mayor Richard Daley will not have to testify at a hearing for man who claims he was tortured into confessing to a 1982 rape. [Tribune]
  • Wealthy venture capitalist Bruce Rauner is putting $500,000 of his own money into his Republican campaign kitty. The move essentially frees his three primary rivals — as well as Democratic candidates — to take donations of any size. But it also sparked immediate criticism that Rauner will “stop at nothing to buy his way into office.” [Sun-Times]
  • Here's a look at Chicago's early phone numbers. [Curious City/WBEZ]
  • A man with an assault rifle tattooed on his forehead was ordered held on $1 million bail Thursday for a shooting that killed one man and wounded four others outside the Uptown Baptist Church in August. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • Some Chicago residents are frustrated by rats running openly across the city streets. Or, it's Thursday. [Fox News Chicago]

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