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Boy, 5, dies after being rescued from Jackson Park harbor

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Blagojevich jury going back to work today

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Man killed at South Side store was second shooting victim there

Man killed was South Side store's 2nd victim

A clerk at an Englewood convenience store was shot and killed Saturday, the second employee killed there in the last 10 years.

Store owner fatally shot in Englewood

Group calls for mayor to end lease of Skyway

Group calls for mayor to end lease of Skyway

Community activists called on Mayor Rahm Emanuel Sunday to end the city's lease of the tollway.

Nation/world

NATO admits Libya air strike led to civilian deaths

Miss California, a history buff, named Miss USA

Winds pose problems in fight against Southwest fires

Same-sex marriage goes down to legislative wire in New York

D.C. politics

Golf win for Obama and Boehner, but no political deals

Was Jon Huntsman campaigning while he was still ambassador?

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returning to Tucson district for first time since shooting

Autopen II: The wrath of Congress [Video]

Local politics

Chicagoland

Englewood food store worker shot and killed

Illinois senators differ on approach to privatization of public infrastructure

Tattoos make grandmother's body a conversation piece

3 teens are killed in stolen car in Prospect Heights crash

Neighborhoods

Gay Asian group offers minorities a network

Wicker Park stages plays for short attention spans

As heat arrives, Annette's Italian Ice thrives in LP

Do Wrigleyville residents want the Cubs' Block Party?

Cityscapes

Health

Federal substance-abuse agencies lumber toward a merger

Chronic itch: Every bit as debilitating and depressing as chronic pain

Decline on autopsies may obscure understanding of disease

Science

A backyard battle against squirrels

Helping seniors live at home longer

Should food irradiation return to the table?

Effort to tie North Carolina shipwreck to pirate Blackbeard advances

Obituaries

Yelena Bonner, widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, dies at 88

Yelena Bonner dies at 88; wife of Andrei Sakharov was a Soviet human rights activist

Dr. Bernard J. Moore, 1926-2011

Robert L. Lambert, 1931-2011

Religion

Schools

For students reporting sex attacks, imperfect justice

CPS, teachers union face off over pay raise

Few arrests, convictions in campus sex assault cases

Cash-strapped school districts parking buses

Off-beat news

"Very slow" live cruise show a hit

Airport geese to be cooked for poor

Students scramble to save lost "prom nights"

Agents seize 159 pounds of iguana meat

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