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Ill. court allows torture case to proceed

This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows inmate Stanley Wrice.  Wrice, an inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape can present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial, the Illinois Supreme Court decided on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012  in a ruling that could have implications for as many as 20 other inmates seeking similar appeals.  Wrice, has spent nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime he says police brutalized him into wrongfully confessing to committing. (AP Photo/Illinois Department of Corrections, File)

CHICAGO (AP) — An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape can present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial, the Illinois Supreme Court decided Thursday in a ruling that could have implications for more than a dozen other inmates seeking similar appeals.

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Daniel Sedin’s OT goal lifts Canucks past Chicago

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Daniel Sedin scored at 3:37 of overtime to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

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Blackhawks activate Toews and Sharp from IR

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have activated Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp, two of their top scorers, from injured reserved for Tuesday night’s game against the Vancouver Canucks.

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Zoo wants company to stop using chimps in TV ads

This video grab provided by CareerBuilders.com, shows the executive chimpanzee advertisement that will air during Super Bowl XLVI Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.  Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo says there's nothing funny about a commercial featuring suit-and-tie wearing chimpanzees scheduled to air Sunday during the Super Bowl.   Dr. Steven Ross of the zoo says CareerBuilder.com's commercial that shows the chimps outsmarting a human co-worker actually poses a risk to chimpanzees because people lose sight of the fact they're an endangered species and less likely to try to save them.   (AP Photo/CareerBuilders.com)

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago zoo is mounting a campaign to stop a company from airing a Super Bowl Sunday commercial featuring mischievous suit-and-tie wearing chimpanzees playing tricks on their human co-worker, saying all that monkey business proves deadly for the endangered species.

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Former Cubs GM Jim Hendry hired by Yankees

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry has been hired by the New York Yankees as a special assignment scout.

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