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iPhone 5 release date is here | VIDEO Days of waiting are over for many people who have been camping out for the new iPhone. Alderman proposes $5 safety fee for Chicagoans | VIDEO Chicago Alderman George Cardenas believes the city should impose a safety and security fee on homes and businesses to generate the money needed to hire 700 additional police officers, the Sun-Times reports. Fatal shooting leads to police chase, crash A deadly shooting leads to a police chase and a crash on Chicago's Northwest Side. Overnight rollover accident on I-80 near Morris An accident on Interstate 80 overnight near Morris caused a big traffic mess in nearly the exact same spot as a bad crash Thursday. White Sox playoff tickets on sale Friday at noon Tickets for potential White Sox playoff games at US Cellular Field go on sale Friday at noon. SIU bomb threat clears residence halls Students at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale were allowed to return to their residence halls at Brush Towers early Friday after police checked out a bomb threat. MORE STORIES Strange News Video shows clerk throw beer cans at robber | VIDEO Rescued dachshund trying to lose 40 lbs. Turtle soup? Man wanted to cook rare sea turtle, police say Clint Eastwood surrounded by empty chairs at movie premiere Amusement park riders spend hours at 300 feet | VIDEO MORE STORIES Consumer American cancels 300 flights this week Tesla to open 2nd Chicago-area store Arsenic in rice prompts warnings from groups, IL AG | VIDEO Walmart ending Kindle sales Survey: Five Guys top rated burger chain MORE STORIES Healthbeat Healthbeat Report: Concussion Crisis? | VIDEO Pacifiers could hamper boys' development, study says Could botox interfere with mom, baby bond? Scientists isolate 'candy craving' part of brain Take tuna off school lunch menu, consumer groups say MOST POPULAR iPhone 5 release date is here Beagle survives jump from NJ Bridge iPhone 5 release date Friday; lines start Thursday Robin Roberts resting after bone marrow transplant Vaughn guilty on all counts in family's 2007 murder All Most Popular

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Friday's Daily Brief: Obama's Biggest Failure

Friday, September 21, 2012 Obama: Immigration Reform Inaction Was 'Biggest Failure' POLITICS Ann Romney Scolds Mitt's Republican Critics POLITICS Another Clueless Romney Remark Emerges From Secret Video WORLD Mass Demonstrations Against Anti-Islam Film Turn To Deadly Violence In Pakistan TECHNOLOGY IT'S HERE! BOOKS Why Huffington Went Literary BLOG POSTS Arianna Huffington: Timeless Truths There's a kind of truth that you can only get through untruth -- through fiction. And that's why we're now adding fiction and poetry to our menu at Huffington. Lewis Lapham: Feast of Fools: How American Democracy Became the Property of a Commercial Oligarchy It is the wisdom of the age -- shared by Democrat and Republican, by forlorn idealist and anxious realist -- that money rules the world, transcends the boundaries of sovereign states, serves as the light unto the nations, and waters the tree of liberty. Marlo Thomas: From Daisies to Swift Boats: It's Political Ad Season! Looking back, it's been fascinating to track the 60-year evolution of the political ads -- from the chirpy Eisenhower and Kennedy spots, complete with jingle-like campaign songs, to the more sophisticated and harder-hitting commercials we see today. Dan Rather: Recalculating the Presidential Race Romney's campaign is reeling and trying desperately to regroup, reboot and rebound. Their candidate's chances have been knocked down -- but not out. Tom O\'Neil: Experts Predict Breaking Bad Upset at the Emmys There will be a startling upset in the race for Best Drama Series at the Emmys this Sunday, according to the experts polled by Gold Derby. Breaking Bad will break loose and overtake the category's longtime champ.

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