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• Ill. high court: Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor Jan 27, 2022 10:22 PM
  
  • CHICAGO - Illinois' highest court put Rahm Emanuel back in the race for Chicago mayor Thursday, three days after a lower court threw the former White House chief of staff off the ballot because he had not lived in the city for a full year.
  • The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Emanuel's favor, with a majority of justices concluding that the earlier decision was "without any foundation" in the law because it said a candidate must be physically present in Chicago.
  • "I'm relieved for the city.

  • Titans, Fisher parting ways after 16 seasons Jan 27, 2022 10:13 PM
    
    • NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In a surprising move, the Tennessee Titans have parted ways with Jeff Fisher, who was the NFL's longest-tenured coach.
    • The team said in a release Thursday night that "Fisher will no longer be the head coach of the team."
    • The Titans announced the move within an hour of a report by SI.com that they were negotiating Fisher's departure and released a longer statement a couple hours later saying they will always appreciate his leadership through some of their "greatest heights" during 16 full seasons as coach.

    • Panel cites roots of meltdown, but does it matter? Jan 27, 2022 09:42 PM
      
      • WASHINGTON - A government panel's failure to reach a firm conclusion about what caused the financial crisis shows how complex Wall Street has become and how partisan Washington has grown.
      • The blurriness of its report comes months after a new law already has begun tightening financial rules to prevent another crisis.
      • In its report, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission blames a range of obvious culprits: Banks that made reckless bets.

      • Egypt: Internet down, police counterterror unit up Jan 27, 2022 09:42 PM
        
        • CAIRO - Internet service in Egypt was disrupted and the government deployed an elite special operations force in Cairo on Friday, hours before an anticipated new wave of anti-government protests.
        • The developments were a sign that President Hosni Mubarak's regime was toughening its crackdown following the biggest protests in years against his nearly 30-year rule.
        • The 82-year-old Mubarak has not been seen in public or heard from since the protests began Tuesday with tens of thousands marching in Cairo and a string of other cities.

        • Relative: Mexico violence worried slain missionary Jan 27, 2022 09:21 PM
          
          • MONTE ALTO, Texas - A Texas couple who were attacked at an illegal roadblock in one of Mexico's most violent areas had been delivering babies and doing missionary work in the country for three decades, and they had come to expect such confrontations, the couple's son said Thursday.
          • Sam Davis frantically raced to the Pharr International Bridge border checkpoint with his wife bleeding beside him, but she was declared dead at a McAllen hospital.
          • "It would be easier to count the times they weren't chased," the couple's son, Joseph Davis, told The Associated Press outside his family's home the remote South Texas town of Monte Alto.

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