‘She’s trying to kill me,’ dying wife says

Edward Schmitt was visiting a friend Saturday morning when the phone rang. “She’s trying to kill me,” gasped Schmitt’s elderly wife, Josephine, on the other end. via Chicago Sun-Times

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State receives names of sex offenders using MySpace

Officials of the Illinois attorney’s general’s office are expressing shock at the number of registered sex offenders who use the popular social networking site MySpace. via WQAD

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Chicago cop accused of beating teen

A police officer has been arrested in the off-duty beating of a 15-year-old high school student, the Chicago Police Department said Sunday. via USA Today

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Boy Charged With Crime For MySpace Message

A 16-year-old Cary boy has been accused of sending a pornographic and sadistic message to a Cary area girl through the social networking Web site MySpace.com. via CBS2Chicago

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Woman Saved By Wallet In Bank Robbery

The FBI just released chilling surveillance photos that it hopes will lead them to a group of bank robbers. Masked gunmen killed a teller and injured two other people. But one woman was saved by a wallet. via KeyeTV

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Teen girls face hate crime charges over anti-gay flier

Two 16-year-old girls face hate crime charges after distributing a flier at their northern Illinois high school that officials say contained hateful statements about gays. via Bloomington Pantagraph

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