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Photos: Sam Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern

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Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting: Read the stories and see the photos

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Game 3 photos: White Sox beat the Cubs 9-8 in City Series at Rate Field

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Crime and Public Safety

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Services announced for veteran Chicago fire engineer who suffered a medical emergency during training

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Records: Burns Harbor man faces multiple charges for sexual abuse

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State's attorney launches transit crime prosecution task force

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Sam Sianis of the Billy Goat, Chicago's most famous saloonkeeper, dies at 91

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Court battles hit taxpayer wallets

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