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FILE - In this June 12, 2014 file photo, Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner speaks at a news conference accompanied by his running mate Evelyn Sanguinetti in Chicago. Rauner says he'll release his 2013 income tax returns once they're ready. A Rauner spokesman said Rauner got a six-month extension of the April 15 filing deadline and that he will make his returns public before the Nov. 4 election. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's campaign has called on Rauner to release his 2013 returns and more information about prior years as the two face off in a highly competitive race. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Quinn, Rauner differ over ‘common sense’ on guns

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Chicago museum only US site for Bowie exhibit

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Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) celebrates after catching a 5-yard touchdown during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

NFL roundup: Bears rally to stun 49ers

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Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) walks to the bench after getting a cut above her eye during the first half of Game 2 of the WNBA basketball finals against the Chicago Sky, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Phoenix hopes to close out Chicago in WNBA Final

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

In this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, Dr. Faran Bokhari, head of the trauma department at Cook County’s Stroger Hospital in Chicago, prepares for surgery on a gunshot victim. Bokhari works with medical personnel from the U.S. Navy at the hospital. Launched this past spring, the program sends Navy medical teams on rotations through Stroger’s trauma unit. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago hospital trains Navy doctors for battle

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Marshal's office shows terrorism suspect Adel Daoud, of Hillside, Ill. On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, a prosecutor and the attorney for Daoud, will deliver oral arguments about a trial judge's ruling granting the defense access to secret-court records. Prosecutors say that letting Daoud's lawyers to see the papers submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court could jeopardize national security. But Daoud's lawyers say it's the only way they can guarantee Daoud a fair trial. The 20-year-old Daoud denies trying to ignite a bomb in Chicago in 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's office, File)

Chicago terrorism trial on track for November

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In this Jan. 3, 2013 photo, a "Pension Promise" sign is seen as Illinois state union members and supporters rally in support for fair pension reform in the at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced what could be a significant advance on pension reform, saying the powerful House speaker was willing to forgo the dicey issue of teachers retirement costs in order to fix the worst-in-the-nation pension deficit. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Generous teacher pensions continue as Illinois’ financial crisis worsens

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Chicago White Sox's Adam Dunn hits a solo home run off of San Francisco Giants pitcher Jake Peavy during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Adam Dunn traded to A’s, bringing power bat to pennant drive

By Andrew Seligman - Associated Press

Demonstrators chant pro-al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as they carry al Qaeda flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo)

Chicago police arrest driver waving Islamic State flag, allegedly threatening bomb attack

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Virginia state Senate panel on Wednesday advanced a modified version of a bill that would prevent people convicted of domestic abuse crimes from possessing or transporting a gun. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

ISTOOK: For liberals, gun control is the ultimate government regulation

By Ernest Istook

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2014 file photo, Chicago’s Ed Howard celebrates after his team won 7-5 over Las Vegas to win the U.S. final baseball game at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. Chicago's beloved Little League champions, will be feted Wednesday, Aug. 27 with their own parade. Then they will assume their new roles in the city as models, off the field as well as on, for how to keep vulnerable kids out of trouble. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Chicago’s Little League champs return as heroes

By DON BABWIN and CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press

Chicago police have seized nearly 3,400 illegal firearms so far this year. Despite Illinois' concealed carry law, police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy gives greater credit to more vigilant police work for improvements in the Windy City's violent crime statistics. (associated press)

EDITORIAL: Chicago thugs, beware — an armed citizenry

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

South Korea's Hae Chan Choi, left, celebrates with catcher Sang Hoon Han, center, and Shane Jaemin Kim (17) after getting the final out of a 8-4 win in the Little League World Series championship baseball game against Chicago in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Chicago falls to South Korea in Little League World Series title game

By Rusty Miller - Associated Press

Chicago crime rate drops as concealed carry gun permit applications surge

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

WILLIAMS: Who speaks for those the media forget in the Missouri killing?

By Armstrong Williams