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All rights reserved. 60 RawSignalChicagohttp://feedburner.google.com http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59075884&aId=10575466&d=120226 Veteran Chicago Police officer Preston Ross Jr. suffered a fatal heart attack Saturday while on duty at a CTA stop, the Cook County Medical Examiner said today. 2/26/2012 7:44:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59075884&aId=10575466&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59062710&aId=10584977&d=120226 Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan will address a crowd at Chicago's United Center on Sunday to cap the movement's weekend Savior's Day 2012 Convention. 2/26/2012 1:25:00 PM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59062710&aId=10584977&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58904772&aId=10579143&d=120226 A 4-year-old girl was killed and four other people were injured Saturday morning in a two car accident in Dolton, according to police. 2/25/2012 9:23:00 PM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58904772&aId=10579143&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59016540&aId=10580435&d=120226 Chicago police arrested a boy and are searching for another this afternoon on the Northwest Side after they were involved in an altercation with officers in which shots were fired, police said. 2/26/2012 5:27:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59016540&aId=10580435&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58808529&aId=10578045&d=120226 Early voting begins Monday for the Illinois primary which sets the stage for a November showdown. 2/25/2012 4:46:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58808529&aId=10578045&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59091581&aId=10584991&d=120226 Sunday morning, climbers with strong soles took the stairs all the way to the top of the John Hancock Center on the Magnificent Mile. 2/26/2012 9:24:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59091581&aId=10584991&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58989849&aId=10584988&d=120226 Ernest Hemingway's boyhood home in a western Chicago suburb is for sale after a plan to turn it into a cultural center fell through. 2/26/2012 9:24:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58989849&aId=10584988&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58910636&aId=10564603&d=120226 A 26-year-old woman was raped and robbed at knifepoint while riding a CTA Red Line train on the South Side early Friday. 2/25/2012 1:05:00 PM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58910636&aId=10564603&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59120563&aId=10569262&d=120226 Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead in the far South Side Pullman neighborhood early Saturday. 2/26/2012 4:24:00 PM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59120563&aId=10569262&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59075890&aId=10583642&d=120226 Four people  were injured in a car accident this morning after a man lost control of his vehicle during an argument on the South Side. 2/26/2012 1:25:00 PM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59075890&aId=10583642&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59062704&aId=10585005&d=120226 Five days after his funeral home was shut down for lack of heat or power, a South Shore mortician said he's not about to go out of business. Todd Feurer 2/26/2012 5:27:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59062704&aId=10585005&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58923556&aId=10574126&d=120226 A woman was hospitalized this afternoon after being struck by a vehicle on the Kennedy Expressway at Pulaski Road near Irving Park, Illinois state police officials said. 2/25/2012 3:25:00 PM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58923556&aId=10574126&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58999251&aId=10581232&d=120226 Sewer company owner had told agents that disclosure-form omissions were unintentional The onetime business partner of former Mayor Richard Daley's son who was ensnared in a federal minority contract investigation has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his failure to disclose two key investors in a sewer company that got city work. Annie Sweeney 2/25/2012 10:05:00 PM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58999251&aId=10581232&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59123846&aId=10590041&d=120226 Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard Sunday strongly defended last week's school board decision to close or turn around 17 failing schools. 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59123846&aId=10590041&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59139594&aId=10590059&d=120226 About 3,000 union janitors occupied the plaza outside of Chase Bank in downtown Chicago Sunday afternoon, as the group prepared for contract negotiations. Todd Feurer 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59139594&aId=10590059&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59091599&aId=10587182&d=120226 Saturday night’s $70 million Powerball jackpot went to a player in New York state, but someone who bought their ticket on the South Side came out pretty well, though. Todd Feurer 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59091599&aId=10587182&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59062706&aId=10581230&d=120226 A Chicago man was hit by a car after running from Illinois State Police during a traffic stop in Itasca Saturday. 2/26/2012 5:27:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=59062706&aId=10581230&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58923550&aId=10575476&d=120226 An elderly Buffalo Grove man collapsed and died while clearing snow from his home in the northwest suburb Friday morning.   1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58923550&aId=10575476&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58923564&aId=10576971&d=120226 A homeless man found dead Friday morning in the Kenwood neighborhood died in part from exposure to the cold.   1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58923564&aId=10576971&d=120226 http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58805607&aId=10572375&d=120226 Politicians exerted their influence at the University of Illinois to boost admissions prospects for the relatives of lobbyists, fundraisers, a union leader and other connected applicants, a Tribune investigation has found. The first broad analysis of who benefited from the school's clout lists shows that a number of lawmakers championed applicants whose relatives donated to their campaigns or represented groups that regularly made political contributions. Chicago Tribune 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://chicago.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=58805607&aId=10572375&d=120226