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By Diana Sroka Rickert If you crossed C-SPAN with “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” you’d wind up with something resembling the state of Illinois. First there’s Aaron Schock, the former congressman from Peoria who cataloged his globe-trotting adventures on Instagram and styled his Washington, D.C., office to the theme of …

Freddy Martinez, the Chicago plaintiff, says this sum is an “outrage.” As of February 2015, the city of Chicago owes over $120,000 to its lawyers in the city’s attempt to defend itself against two stingray-related lawsuits. The discovery comes from new public records Ars has obtained. Chicago owes lawyers over …

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World War II vet died after being hit with five bean bag rounds by Paul Joseph Watson | February 5, 2015 The police officer who killed 95-year-old World War II veteran John Wrana Jr. for refusing medical treatment was acquitted yesterday of reckless conduct, the only charge he had faced …

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H. Kris Fronzak The week of Jan. 20-27 saw a variety of robberies—two wherein victims were knocked down and mugged, and two committed by a Logan man who shot himself while eating the stolen goods. Logan Man Shoots Himself While Eating Stolen Pizza The food truck delivery robberies reported in …