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Friday, August 3, 2012

Kathleen Savio's sister on stand in Peterson trial | VIDEO
Day four of testimony in Drew Peterson's murder trial resumed Friday morning, a day after a judge denied a request by the defense that could have set Peterson free.

Gates open at Grant Park for sold-out Lollapalooza | VIDEO
Hundreds of thousands of people will gather in Chicago's Grant Park this weekend for Lollapalooza. The three-day music event kicked off Friday morning.

Air Pollution Action Day in Chicago
State officials have issued an Air Pollution Action Day Alert for Friday for the Chicago metropolitan area.

Megabus passenger: 'There was blood everywhere' | VIDEO
As a Megabus slammed into a bridge support pillar on an interstate highway in Illinois, the impact was so powerful that it flung 16-year-old passenger Baysha Collins from the upper-level seat where she was resting to a stairway leading to the lower level.

Walgreens to add 500 Illinois jobs
Gov. Pat Quinn says Walgreen Co. plans to expand its operations in Illinois and create 500 jobs over the next three years.

Muggings reported in Hyde Park
Chicago police are looking for two groups of men involved in a series of robberies in the South Side Hyde Park neighborhood.