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Maybe it was guilt, maybe it was the desire to be honorable. Whatever it was, a missing dog is home! And no one's happier than a 7-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome, who's back together with his best buddy. Full Story »

They say they were ordered to do political work. Now they want to get paid. A Fox Chicago investigation uncovered workers passing petitions for Dorothy Brown on state time. Dane Placko tells us about their claims in this follow-up report. Full Story »

Two people were wounded Thursday night in a police-involved shooting in the West Side Lawndale community. Full Story »

Derrick Traylor says his family lives in a tough neighborhood, and that's why his daughter carried something with her, to keep her safe. But officials say it wasn't safe enough to be brought to school. Darlene Hill has the exclusive story. Full Story »

Illinois environmental officials say they've found a single Asian carp in a shipping canal leading to Lake Michigan. Full Story »

The Chicago Police Department on Thursday said a "media glitch" or "human oversight" could have prevented a missing persons flier for a missing 12-year-old girl from being distributed to local media. Full Story »

A new Illinois law cracks down on gang members with guns. The law will send gang members to prison for three to 10 years for having a gun. Full Story »

Shots were fired at police and police returned fire in a shooting in the West Town neighborhood early Thursday.   Full Story »

A Lake View neighborhood man has been charged with kidnapping for allegedly taking his ex-girlfriend from her South Side home and holding her against her will at a North Side motel. Full Story »

She's best known for her Emmy-award winning character Erica Kane on the daytime drama "All My Children". Full Story »

Police are conducting a murder investigation after finding a man shot dead in a South Side alley early Thursday. Full Story »

A man's body was found lying in the attic of an abandoned building on the South Side early Thursday after fire crews extinguished a blaze, according to police. Full Story »

A South Side man was charged early Thursday with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old boy in the Englewood neighborhood Wednesday, police said. Full Story »

A Rogers Park neighborhood man was charged with felony eavesdropping after allegedly taping conversations -- including the voices of officers who arrested him -- without permission while selling art for a $1 Wednesday afternoon in the Loop. Full Story »

Today in the south suburbs 3,000 kids are staying home while their teachers go on strike.   Full Story »

A 16-year-old Maine East student has died after he was run down outside a mall. Full Story »

The Cook County Sheriff wants any more burials at Burr Oak to stop -- again. Full Story »

Chicago police arrested three Fenger students in separate incidents at the far south side school. Full Story »

Chicago first lady Maggie Daley has started radiation treatment for a cancerous lesion on her leg. Full Story »

Chicago's Fenger High School has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. But tonight, Fenger's 2009 valedictorian tells Fox Chicago News about the school he knew- and what it takes to succeed. Full Story »

Today crews are continuing to dump poison into the canal to stop the spread of Asian carp.   Full Story »

The City Council has passed Mayor Richard Daley's six billion dollar budget for 2010, but it might be remembered most for how it was balanced. In fact you might call it the parking meter budget, because Daley's plan to fill a massive revenue shortfall drastically drains the windfall from the sale of the city's parking meters. Full Story »

Two women are suing after they were raped by a mentally ill, convicted sex offender with an extensive record who was paroled this year and allowed to go unmonitored. Full Story »

Laz Parking has drawn plenty of heat since leasing the City of Chicago's parking meter franchise in 2008. But now Laz has a new controversy on its hands-- one sure to anger Chicago motorists. Full Story »

Five people were taken into custody following a South Side drug raid Wednesday afternoon that left a police officer injured after a deflected bullet struck him in the leg as a fellow officer shot at charging dogs. Full Story »