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Jury clears ex-cop of sex assault in McHenry tavern

A jury deliberated nearly three hours today before acquitting former police officer and state's attorney investigator Leslie Lunsmann of charges he sexually assaulted a bartender at his McHenry tavern in 2006.

5/9/2008 3:15 PM

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Cable guys hailed as heroes in Lake in the Hills house fire rescue

If ever there was a time for the cable guy to show up, it was Friday morning. Trapped by smoke in his bedroom as fire flared in the basement of his two-story farmhouse, a Lake in the Hills resident bolted out his window onto the porch roof where he w…

5/9/2008 3:13 PM

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Carpentersville man found guilty of murder of girlfriend's toddler

A Carpentersville man faces life in prison after he was convicted this afternoon of first-degree murder in the 2006 death of a toddler he was babysitting.

5/9/2008 2:18 PM

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R. Kelly's child porn trial opens as a hip-hopera

Shortly before a judge ruled his trial would begin as scheduled, the gifted superstar recording artist who wrote and performs what he calls his hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet" arrived about 9:45 a.m. Friday at Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago …

5/9/2008 2:24 PM

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