Second Chicago jail escape prompts tighter security
Four inmates escaped through a window and over two 20 foot wire fences in a second breakout in two days at Cook County Jail and House of Correction on Chicago's southwest side. Warden Moore ordered limits on work assignments in risk areas as investigators probe potential guard laxity. Those escaped Tuesday include Roosevelt Barnes Thomas MacKentee Frank Ponche and Henry Stamber.
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Department of Corrections
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Lackey murder case set trial date in Decatur
Bond was denied for Bar ron Fenner in the Lackey murder case after defense claims the proof is weak. Judge Wright ordered jury selection for September 17 as state investigators testified fingerprint and hair samples did not match Fenner and tire tracks did not match his car.
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Cyprus Gift to Cleopatra Recalled in History
Cyprus, a gift to Cleopatra from Mark Antony, is referenced as gaining independence in 1960. The island remains divided by ongoing Greek and Turkish tensions with no full resolution between the communities.
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Cleopatra
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