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U.S. rifle shooter Matthew Emmons has won a bronze medal in the 50-meter three positions rifle event. That may sound like a slight let-down for the man who had been poised to win silver — a horrible final shot of 7.6 dropped him into third place — but it's far better than Emmons' earlier Olympic experiences.

Prices in 20 major cities were up 4.3 percent in October, vs. October 2011. Combined with other recent reports on construction and sales, that's another sign the housing sector is on the mend.

Need a good tip to keep the energy bill down? Leave the house:FRIDAY, 6/14:Food Truck Night with Empanada Intifada (6:30 p.m.) — A new weekly tradition at…

2 & 3: Standup comic RICHARD LEWIS. In his act, Lewis portrays a spastic, tortured, self-deprecating man living a life of unrelieved pain. He says of his comedy that after he's finished his act "people throw prescription drugs and the names of their therapists instead of roses. I'm the wreck they can't be." Lewis is in Mel Brook's latest film "Men in Tights" and stars in a new TV series on Fox with Don Rickles. (REBROADCAST FROM 6-16-88). Film director and comedian, ROBERT TOWNSEND. His first film, "Hollywood Shuffle" took a satiric look at the roles offered to blacks in Hollywood, and established Townsend --with Spike Lee and others-- as a new group of talented black filmmakers who won industry acceptance after making independent films. His new film is "Meteor Man". (REBROADCAST FROM 6

Most of New Orleans' French Quarter will be closed to vehicle traffic on Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening.

Federal agents say most arrested were criminals. But others were not, including a teenager without a criminal record, who'd been in the country without documentation since he was 6.

The House Governmental Affairs Committee Thursday voted 10-6 along party lines for a bill that would to remove mandatory Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) courses for state employees and college students.

In 2013, Chicago will have the most expensive parking meters in North America. The rate to park in the heart of downtown will jump 75 cents an hour — up to $6.50 an hour.

Tribune Publishing secretly started to pay more than $2.5 million to a fired news executive to settle a lawsuit. It sought to keep a slur by controlling owner Michael Ferro from becoming public.

Jay Johnston expressed regret that he “made it more difficult for the police to do their job" on Jan. 6.