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  7. Chicago Police announced today 12 arrests in connection with the shut down of a South Side drug market. Mugshot photos: abc7.ws/JVJ8Wg
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  9. 1 dead after semi crashes into Calumet City home: A semi truck crashed into the front of a home in south suburba... abc7.ws/LdcDkv
  10. Patrick Fitzgerald talking about his resignation LIVE NOW abclocal.go.com/wls/livenow?id…
  11. LIVE VIDEO: U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald talks about his resignation abc7.ws/wO7Z3j
  12. 7 in :77: Seven stories in 77 seconds, including a semi crash into a Calumet City home. abc7.ws/KhXBbq
  13. 1 dead after semi crashes into Calumet City home: A semi truck crashed into the front of a home in south suburba... abc7.ws/KFYLwG
  14. #breaking - NYC PD says person in custody has implicated himself in 1979disappearance and death of Etan Patz. Latest coming up on @GMA
  15. ABC7 Weather Forecast: Partly to mostly sunny skies Thursday. abc7.ws/KsFSyU
  16. #Update: Truck driver killed after semi slammed into #Calumet City house overnight id'd as 37 yo Joseph Foster from #Georgia