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Chicago area bakes in first day of expected heat wave

From left, playing in the fountain at Palmer Park in the Roseland neighborhood are Kamaje Whorley, 5, Azarian Harris, 3 and Kamari Whorley, 3. ( Nancy Stone/Tribune)

Heat index hits 103 as Chicago area bakes

Chicago-area residents braced for a week of hot weather as the heat index reached 103 at the city’s downtown lakefront, with much of the Midwest beginning to bake under a hot air mass that has plagued the South in recent weeks.

Ousted Murdoch deputy Rebekah Brooks arrested in phone hacking; London police chief resigns

Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper chief, was arrested on suspicion of phone hacking and bribing police, and the escalating scandal shaking Murdoch's global media empire also claimed the job of London's police chief.

Chicago police officers previously assigned to administrative duties will be hitting the streets as part of a plan to deploy more police to needed areas, officials said today.

 

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