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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CTU vows not to re-elect Emanuel over school closings</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Elementary schools and one high school program will close next month. Some parents and teachers say they will continue to fight the closings.]]></description>
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<title>Woman injured in Chicago Skyway crash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a woman was injured when two cars collided on the Chicago Skyway near 85th Street early Thursday morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:59:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Police: Drive safely, buckle up on holiday weekend</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Buckle up, take your time and don't get behind the wheel if you've been drinking alcohol.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ABC7 Weather Forecast</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Partly to mostly cloudy and windy with occasional showers Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:38:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>I-Team: Cook County Morgue donates 50+ bodies to medical schools without proper authorization</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dozens of bodies were taken from the Cook County morgue without permission and donated to science, in some cases even without the knowledge of relatives, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wilmette twins break Guinness record with 24 sets in 5th grade class</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Twenty-four sets of twins at Highcrest Middle School have broken the world record for having the most sets of twins in one grade.]]></description>
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<title>Chicago fast food workers protest for higher wages</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fast-food workers gathered at the Rock N Roll McDonald's in River North to protest for higher wages Thursday.]]></description>
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<title>CTA bus crash in Chicago Lawn injures 2</title>
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<description><![CDATA[At least two people were seriously hurt in a crash Thursday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side.]]></description>
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<title>Pritzker's Commerce Secretary confirmation hearing begins</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The confirmation hearing for Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker is under way Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brian Urlacher retires from NFL after career with Chicago Bears</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Brian Urlacher wasn't sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he's calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:09:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Census bureau finds Chicago is growing, but slowly</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The population of Chicago has climbed but it climbed slower than any major city in the United States.]]></description>
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<title>Northlake man to be sentenced after kids found tied</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A June sentencing date has been scheduled for a suburban Chicago man who was arrested after two of his children were found bound and blindfolded in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[A suburban couple was arrested in Kansas after two of their children were found tied up in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

The parents were taken into custody Wednesday in Lawrence, Kansas.
   The bound and blindfolded children were ages 5 and 7.

   There were three other children inside an SUV,  but they were not bound.

   All are in temporary protective custody.
   
The family is from suburban Northlake.

Neighbors tell ABC7 it seemed like the couple was in financial trouble, but they did always keep to themselves.

The parents, 52-year-old Adolfo Gomez and 43-year-old Deborah Gomez,  are behind bars in Lawrence. They were arrested on suspicion of child abuse and endangerment and are scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

The allegations came as a shock to neighbors.

"Were they trying to do something else bad -- worse than they were doing -- to those kids? I got goosebumps," said neighbor Ileana Rabaza.

Police were called to the Wal-Mart in Lawrence, Kansas, when a customer reported seeing a child bound outside a Chevy Silverado. 

Police found two children, a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy, bound with their arms behind their backs and blindfolded outside the car.  

When police confronted Adolfo Gomez he resisted arrested.

"The officer initially pulled up and observed what was reported to us, confirmed that we had a situation that appeared to be unusual and certainly very dangerous ," said Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley.

Three other children were found inside the vehicle, two girls, ages 12 and 13, and a 15-year-old boy.

The family was traveling from Northlake to Arizona, but their car broke down in Kansas earlier this week, and they've been there ever since.

Neighbors say it was obvious the family was having a hard time financially, and it seemed they were getting ready to skip town, because they held a garage recently and they were trying to sell all of their belongings.

"I know they had some issues because they had a sign outside, they were selling everything," said Rabaza. "Everything in the house has been selling for a couple weeks."

The landlord says the couple has been living in the Northlake home for a few months, and he says they were "really good parents."

The couple is now facing two counts of child abuse and five counts of child endangerment.

Adolfo Gomez is also charged with a felony for resisting arrest.

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<title>Jurors to resume deliberations at Trump trial</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jurors are set to deliberate a second day at a civil trial where an 87-year-old woman alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a condominium deal.]]></description>
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<title>Man sentenced in murder after alleged ad for sex with pregnant wife</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 50-year prison sentence was handed a man convicted of killing an unarmed man lured to a McHenry County home for sex.]]></description>
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<title>Wayne Miller dies at 94; photos chronicled black Chicago life</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:49:57 GMT</pubDate>
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