Waves churned up by Hurricane Irene slam into a pier in Nags Head, North Carolina. (Scott Olson/Getty)
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Police tonight released a surveillance photo of a suspect in a sexual attack this week in the Palmer Square area that was broken up by two passersby.
The man wanted in connection with two early morning shootings of women in the south suburbs has been arrested, Oak Forest police said this afternoon.