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Chicago police and Metra police at the scene of a minivan and train accident at 115th Street and Marshfield Avenue. (Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune) A woman was killed and her two young sons seriously hurt after she drove her minivan around crossing gates and was hit by a Metra Rock Island train on the South Side this morning, officials said. Attorneys with Northwestern University Law School filed a petition today asking a judge to grant hearings to scores of men imprisoned for murder who have "credible claims" they were tortured into confessing by former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge or detectives under his control. Dozens of new restaurants and retail stores will open next year at the international terminal at O'Hare International Airport, city officials announced today. |
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