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Neighbors rally around 80-year-old accused of shooting burglar

Liam Ford, Lolly Bowean, Rosemary Sobol Chicago Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 2:08pm

CHICAGO -- Neighbors are calling on prosecutors to drop charges against an 80-year-old owner of a local tavern who allegedly shot a burglar in his home on Chicago's South Side.

Burglary, Guns, Self defense, Shooting, National Read more Comments

Triathlon death increases scrutiny of swimming segments

Annemarie Mannion, George Knue, Liam Ford Chicago Tribune

Last updated Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 5:19pm

Amy Martich hit the water at about 7 a.m. Sunday with about 10 to 15 other swimmers ready to take on the Hudson River in the first leg of a popular New York triathlon.

Other contestants dived in right behind them -- one group of after another, each spaced out at 10 to 15 second intervals to avoid the churn of hundreds of swimmers shoving off at the same time, officials said.

Health, Sports, Triathlon, Deaths, Swimming Read more Comments

3 indicted in sale of fake famous-name art

Chicago Tribune, Liam Ford

Last updated Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 4:03pm

CHICAGO -- A Chicago art gallery owner, one of his employees and a man from New York created or sold hundreds of fake art prints that were purported to be rare, limited first editions by famous artists, according to a federal indictment.

Crime, Art, Fraud, National Read more Comments

4 found slain in Chicago home after 12-year-old escapes gunfire; suspect in custody

Cynthia Dizikes, Liam Ford, Pat Curry Chicago Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 10:02pm

CHICAGO -- A woman and three children were found shot to death Wednesday morning in the bedrooms of a Chicago bungalow, part of a crime scene police described as "incomprehensible." Two other people were critically wounded and a suspect -- a relative of the victims -- was in custody.

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Suspect arrested in Chicago area triple murder

Angie Leventis Lougos, Liam Ford, Ted Gregory Chicago Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 8:13pm

CHICAGO -- A 23-year-old man sought in the slayings of three family members in Darien, Ill., was taken into custody at his parents' home in southern Florida this afternoon, officials said.

Crime, National Read more Comments