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Top stories in recent days and beyond worth a quick click in the Will County suburbs.

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LOOK BACK AT PATCH CHICAGO'S TOP STORIES OF 2014

• MAY STORIES: A woman who had sex on corpses, a family shot up as they gather to mourn, the violent Miley Cyrus Gang and Portillo's possibly going up for sale.
• APRIL STORIES: Sexed up teens in condo lobby, a weird DEA raid, Tinley teen on MTV's 16 and Pregnant.
• MARCH STORIES: A boxer dies defending his daughter, a school bans leggings, a doc trades drugs for sex, a mentally ill judge wants her job back and a new rock-n-roll restaurant is coming soon.
• FEBRUARY STORIES: A teen going to prom in drag, a tiger in a bar, an inappropriate prof, abused and rescued dogs and hot sex in the back of a cab.
• JANUARY STORIES: A jilted hubby burns the house down, a big-time heroin bust at the mall, Dave Savini's DUI arrest, a cop's love for poker (while driving).