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Your week in headlines:

House Trashed, Cash Stolen in Underage Drinking Party

• Two 14-year-old boys were found in the early morning hours at the home, which was trashed with smashed walls, vomit and feces.

Charlie Sheen Rips on Downers Grove and Denise Richards

• She’s a “doosh phace” and her hometown is “retarded,” Sheen blurts on Twitter.

Downers Grove Man Wins $2 Million Lottery Prize

• Chase Knapp hit the jackpot when he bought a ticket while running wedding errands.

Wife of Man Who Froze to Death in Cornfield Sues Bar Where He Got Drunk

• Someone at the bar gave the Manhattan man’s car keys back to him, the lawsuit said.

Little League Cheaters Go to Court Over Loss of National Championship

• Jackie Robinson West maintains that its Little League title was taken away without cause and the investigative process was flawed.

Video: Cops Taser Mouthy, Unruly Metra Passenger

• Police say he was resisting arrest after disrupting passengers on a night train through the western suburbs Sunday.

‘I Felt Mad at the Man Who Shot My Mommy’

• Gunman who shot two McHenry County deputies heard from their family members and one of his victims before a judge sentenced him to 135 years in prison.

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Gay Couple Booted Out of Chicago Cab on Historic Day

• The driver didn’t like that the two men were holding hands, so he cancelled the fare, left them in the rain and drove away.

The General Lee Will Keep an Honored Place in Car Museum

• Volo Auto Museum says “the General Lee wore a Confederate Flag, that’s history and should be preserved.”

Jury Awards $3.9 Million for DUI Crash That Crushed a Mom’s Leg

• The insurance company wouldn’t pay claim despite its client being drunk, without a driver’s license and in the U.S. illegally.

Joliet Woman Shot 4 Times While Asleep in Bed With Boyfriend

• The woman was expected to survive the early morning attack.

X-Ray Prompts New Trial Request for Woman Convicted in Daycare Killing

• The woman is serving 31 years in prison for the killing of a child at a Lincolnshire daycare center.

Jay Cutler Tells ESPN He And Wife Kristin Cavallari ‘Love’ Being in Chicago

• Statement comes in response to Cavallari’s magazine interview in which she stated “Chicago’s just not home.”

A glimpse of crime-n-shame last week:

• Man Who Stabbed Ex in Heart with Anniversary Gift Gets 47 Years in Prison
• Man With 84 Arrests Claims He Served in Marines Under JFK But Was Only 4 During Kennedy Presidency
• Loaded Gun Found in Homer Glen Man’s Carry-On Bag at Midway
• Turtles, Including an Endangered One, Stolen from Nature Center
• Trio of Women Barge Into Fourth Woman’s Home and Rough Her Up: Cops
• Tenants Sue Landlord Over Evanston Porch Collapse
• Probation Coordinator Traded Service Hours for Sex: Police
• Woman Accused of Hate Crime for Yelling Racial Slurs at Kids

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