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Chicago cop accused of asking for sexual favors | VIDEO A Chicago police officer is off the job pending the outcome of a sexual misconduct investigation. Attempted kidnappings reported on North Side Chicago police issued a community alert Friday after two incidents in which men tried to lure teenagers into cars on the city's North Side. Officer catches hit-and-run suspect An off-duty Chicago police officer caught a driver who tried to flee a hit-and-run crash. CFD investigates paramedic's entry The Chicago Fire Department is investigating one of its paramedics to see if there were improper entries made into a department computer after a 911 call. Hot weekend in store as festivals kick off | VIDEO As temperatures in Chicago soar, the city is preparing to keep residents safe while they enjoy the hot weather. Kittens, puppies looking for homes in Chicago Are you looking for a feline friend or cuddly pup? An adoption event this weekend in Chicago could be your chance to take a pet off the streets. MORE STORIES Strange News Man allegedly lugged banned girlfriend around in suitcase BP workers find 2 dead monkeys in shipping crate American flag stolen from man in chicken suit Dock from Japan tsunami found on Oregon beach | VIDEO Dog nurses endangered tiger cubs in Russia Consumer AAA: Gas prices drop in Chicagoland area | VIDEO Talking cars? 'Connected cars' communicate with each other LinkedIn passwords stolen, leaked online Apple lifts policy on buying multiple iPads Toyota recalls 2013 Scion over owner's manual Healthbeat Healthbeat Report: Prostate testing | VIDEO CDC search for cause of E. coli outbreak Food allergies more prevalent in cities Test creates breakthrough in detecting genetic disorders during pregnancy Federal report demands increased public health efforts MOST POPULAR Kansas family killed in plane crash in Fla. swamp Chicago cop accused of asking for sexual favors CDC search for cause of E. coli outbreak Attempted kidnappings reported on North Side CPS coach charged with sex assault of girl, 14 All Most Popular

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Friday's Daily Brief: Supreme Court Approval Drops, CNN Shakeup, Syrian Shelling, Plus Harvey Weinstein, Kerry Kennedy, Mohamed A. El-Erian

Friday, June 8, 2012 Supreme Court Approval Below 50% POLITICS House Passes Homeland Security Spending Bill With Anti-Abortion Rider MEDIA CNN Considering Change In Leadership: Report WORLD Shells Rain Down On Homs TECHNOLOGY Did This Guy Invent The Internet In 1934? BUSINESS Fed Shows Big Banks 'No Mercy' BLOG POSTS Harvey Weinstein: I Have Two Loves People know that I have a great love for cinema. Not just for commercial cinema, but for the "cinema d'auteur." But to me, two of the great "auteurs" are actually actors and they both happen to be French. Mohamed A. El-Erian: What Bernanke Is Trying to Tell the Markets With an understandable short-term mentality dominating, we should expect markets to continue to bundle what central bankers and others feel should be more differentiated. The likely upshot is continued volatility underpinned by alternating periods of risk-on and risk-off. Kerry Kennedy: Death Threats Against A Human Rights Defender: Vidulfo Rosales In Mexico We in the U.S. must do our part to build a future of human rights and human dignity throughout the Americas, and call on Mexico to protect its indigenous communities and the advocates like Vidulfo Rosales who risk everything to defend them. Cristina Page: The War on Contraception: It's Time to Take Sides This election year, we will decide, in dramatic fashion, the degree of access Americans, particularly the most vulnerable, will have to family planning. David Katz, M.D.: Soda, Supply, and Demand: Can We Share a Taste for Change? We can make health a prevailing cultural meme by replacing our unconscious adaptations with conscious choices. It's true, we are adapted to like sweet. But we are also adapted to be terrestrial -- yet can learn to swim, and to hold our breath under water.

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