High Cost And Low Turnout: The Price Of An Election
The total price tag for the Chicago election: 15 million dollars. Given turnout, that's about $31 for each ballot cast.
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The total price tag for the Chicago election: 15 million dollars. Given turnout, that's about $31 for each ballot cast.
A 17-year-old was fatally shot while riding as a passenger in a vehicle in the Irving Park area on Monday night.
A German concert hall has canceled an upcoming R. Kelly show, amidst new criminal sexual abuse allegations that came out Friday, while scheduled R. Kelly shows in another German City, Hamburg, and in the Netherlands are in question.
The Shedd Aquarium is letting guests feed, touch, train and play with sea otters as part of its "Extraordinary Experiences" program.
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Chicago-bound passenger jet has had to return to a Connecticut airport after what the FAA described as fumes were reported on board.
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It was a chilly winter night in Greenville, South Carolina, and Emerson and Maya were on Girl Scout duty selling cookies outside a store.
