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Extra Extra: Chicago Dad Loses 40 Pounds To Give Daughter Liver Transplant

By Jon Graef in News on Dec 29, 2013 10:00PM

  • Bridgeport dad Eduardo Camargo ran 20 miles a week for two months so he could lose weight in order to donate his liver to his sick 5-month-old daughter. [Sun-Times]
  • A third suspect was charged with the murder and dismemberment of Jose Reyes Ramos. [ABC Chicago]
  • There’s a backlog of 4,000 untested rape kits at the Illinois State Police. [Trib]
  • How "poverty and addiction created a heroin entrepreneur." [Reader]
  • Two people were wounded in separate morning shootings Sunday. [DNAlnfo Chicago]

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