Parents File Suit After Son Mistakenly Pronounced Dead
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CHICAGO (CBS) – The parents of a disabled boy have filed suit against the Chicago hospital where he was mistakenly pronounced dead.
Jaylen Dorsey was taken to the emergency room after he was found unresponsive in his family’s home.
The boy suffers from severe brain damage and breathes with assistance from a ventilator.
Two doctors at Mercy Hospital
New Ill. House Gun Bill Has More Restrictions
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A compromise allowing the carrying of concealed weapons backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan and agreed to by the General Assembly's leading gun-rights advocate materialized Wednesday, adding to the list of gun-free locales but making it easier for qualified gun owners to get permits.
Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, emerged from a closed-door
Report: Daley's Staff Sensed Parking-Meter Woes
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Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staff was aware of major problems with the city’s parking-meter privatization deal in 2010 — a year and a half before the costly issues publicly surfaced, according to hundreds of pages of documents released Wednesday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration.
The documents detail behind-the-scenes sparring between
Census Bureau: Chicago Is Growing, But Slowly
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The population of Chicago has climbed but it climbed slower than any major city in the United States.
The U.S. Census Bureau's national estimates released Thursday found that Chicago's population rose about 10,000 between July 2011 and July 2012 to just over 2.7 million.
The city's growth was enough for Chicago to remain the nation's third largest
Mayor Not Concerned About Political Impact of CPS Closures
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he's not concerned with the political consequences that could come his way if the Chicago Board of Education approves a plan to shutter more than 50 schools.
He's so sure his plan is the right one that he said not taking the action would have far greater consequences for the students he said would be robbed of a
