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The fatal attacks occurred in the South Loop, the Near West Side and in Bronzeville.

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CHICAGO — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was ready to talk about Chicago Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz, whose emotional outburst during a town hall Wednesday over questions about former Hawks prospect and alleged sexual assault victim Kyle Beach drew international attention and criticism.

CHICAGO — The list of political heavyweights to face criminal prosecution at Chicago’s federal courthouse is dismally long and peppered with names such as Ryan, Blagojevich, Cellini, Vrdolyak, and Burke.

SNEED: As the Sun-Times morphs into a non-profit and merges with WBEZ, I’m reminded that so much has changed about the news business since my career began. But not the competitive spirit to get the news first.

Twice Friday, federal prosecutors in Chicago found themselves quoting U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman as they insisted on prison time for ex-state Rep. Luis Arroyo and ex-Ald. Ricardo Munoz.

Look at all the press this new slogan, ‘Chicago Not in Chicago,’ is getting, far more than any other slogan in recent memory.

Chicago community organizers are vowing to continue protests calling for federal charges against Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer released from a state prison Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald

Now, let's examine some potential additions from Chicago's defense that might fit this vision.