POLICE BEAT
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69-year-old charged in fatal hit-and-run of woman
A 69-year-old Far South Side man whose blood alcohol level was “extremely high” at the time has been charged with a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a woman on the South Side on Tuesday morning.Sam Manyfield of the 400 block of West 126th St. in the West Pullman neighborhood has been charged with aggravated DUI, reckless homicide with a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident ...

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Hillsboro auto dealer Dick Inukai leaves legacy of work for children
The operator of Dick's Auto Group, who died Sunday of complications from lung cancer, helped expand his local Boys & Girls club, more than doubling its size and tripling the number of children it serves.

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Ticker: Michigan AD Dave Brandon wants to table mascot talk for now
Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon opened a can of worms -- wolverines? -- when he told the Michigan Today alumni magazine he wouldn't be averse to considering a mascot someday.

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News about critters
Happy Feet, the emperor penguin who swam 2,000 miles to New Zealand, won't be taken home to Antarctica, but it will get a lift nearby. A committee at Wellington's Zoo said transporting the bird home is worrisome because it may have picked up infections that could infect the entire penguin colony. In a few months, it will be released in the Southern Ocean to swim home.

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