It's Academic: December 24, 2011

• 24-year-old gets two life sentences in fatal shooting of a 5-year-old, 17-year-old in North Texas

  

• Heat hasn't worked in weeks at Northeast Philly senior housing, residents say

  

• New ICE detention center in Georgia sparks outcry in Social Circle

  

• Illinois lawmakers close to Bears stadium deal in Arlington Heights, sources say

  

• California to ban blackjack-style games from cardrooms by April

  

• Georgia man sentenced to more than 3 years for threatening to kill Trump on TikTok Live

  

• Mayor Bass signs executive directive prohibiting the use of city property for ICE staging

  

• Park District clears homeless encampment in Eugene Field Park