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Extra Extra: Obama Friend Will Not Be Called To Testify In Fraud Trial

By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 9, 2014 11:30PM

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  • Eric Whitaker, friend of President Obama, will not be called to testify in a grand-fraud case where prosecutors were trying to have him designated as a hostile witness. [Sun-Times]
  • The Blackhawks reactivated Patrick Sharp for tonight's game at New Jersey. [CBS Chicago]
  • A man shot in the head outside Truman College in Uptown Tuesday morning is in critical condition. [NBC Chicago]
  • Check out Time Out Chicago's "Love Chicago" award winners. [Time Out Chicago]
  • A van crashed into a South Side pawn shop in a smash-and-grab robbery. Apparently crashing a vehicle into a business to steal is a thing now. [ABC 7]

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