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  1. Mega Millions Rolls Over, Jackpot IncreasesRead the original story

    Saturday | WBBM-AM Chicago

    ... 100,000, and since there were three winners, each will receive $33,333. The winning Little Lotto tickets were sold at: Alsip Citgo, 11725 S. Pulaski in Alsip; Town & Country Liquors, 421 E. 103rd St, Chicago; JJ Peppers, 7101 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago.

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  2. Burr Oak Cemetery Workers Accused of Digging Graves and Reselling PlotsRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | WHOI

    More problems have surfaced for a suburban Chicago cemetery. The Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip was closed earlier this year after workers were accused of digging up hundreds of graves in a scheme to resell the burial plots.

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  3. More unidentified bodies surface at Ill. cemeteryRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | Belleville News

    ... burial plots are again finding human remains in the ground when they try to bury someone else. Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip reopened to the public in November after being closed for nearly four months, but resumed burials in October. Officials said at ...

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    Related Topix: Cook County, IL

  4. New Burr Oak problem: old remains in 'new' burial sitesRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | WBBM-AM Chicago

    There are more problems with burials and gravesites at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip less than two weeks after the cemetery reopened following an almost four-month shutdown.

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    Related Topix: Burr Oak, KS

  5. More Unidentified Bodies Surface At Burr OakRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 2 | CBS2

    Share + Dec 2, 2009 10:33 pm US/Central ALSIP, Ill. 1 of 1 Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said more than 100 graves were dug up at historic Burr Oak Cemetery by employees carrying out off-the-book burials for cash.

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  6. More Remains Uncovered at Burr OakRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | NBC Chicago

    More human remains have been uncovered at Alsip's Burr Oak Cemetery, officials said Wednesday.

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    Related Topix: Cook County, IL

  7. GC America expands manufacturing facilityRead the original story

    Monday Nov 30 | RDH

    A groundbreaking ceremony to announce a GC America expansion and renovation project was held Oct. 22, 2009, in Alsip. GC America is expanding its manufacturing facility by 25% to 100,000 square feet. The new facility will include a manufacturing ...

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  8. Ketchum: Giveaways boost church attendance

    Saturday Nov 28 | The Times Herald

    Well, Virginia, you can argue about whether there is a Santa Claus, but I can tell you there is a Lady Luck, and I can tell you where she resides -- at Lighthouse Church of All Nations in Alsip, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.

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  9. Thousands Visit Burr Oak After ReopeningRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 27 | CBS2

    Share + Nov 27, 2009 9:46 pm US/Central Reporting Mike Puccinelli ALSIP, Ill. Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Burr Oak Cemetery reopened to the public in November, more than four months after it was shut down amid a grave-selling scandal.

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    Related Topix: Burr Oak, KS

  10. From http://spotcrime.com - Robbery - 119XX S. Pulaski Road, Alsip

    Friday Nov 27 | SpotCrime

    Armed Robbery. APD o/s with an A/R to Payday Loans. BMA, blk hat & puffy coat, w/gun fled N/B on foot.

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  11. The abandoned Frosted Mug drive in restaurant. Alsip Illinois USA. June 2009.Read the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Eddie's Rail Fan Page

    ... Mug. The Frosted Mug drive in restaurant was located at South Pulaski Road and West 116th Street in south suburban Alsip Illinois. From 1985 until the place eventually closed in 2007, I would enjoy a Tuesday or Saturday evening session when they ...

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    Related Topix: Chicago, IL

  12. No joke. Comedy club Riddles opens in Alsip Read the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Daily Southtown Business

    ... e said. He has reincarnated Riddles - which closed in Orland Park more than two years ago $mdash; at a new location in Alsip.

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  13. Southbound Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad transfer train. Alsip Illinois USA. Late October 1990.Read the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Eddie's Rail Fan Page

    I took this photo on a sunny weekend afternoon, in late October of 1990. We are looking east from the embankment of the nearby Cicero Avenue overpass bridge near West 123rd Street in south suburban Alsip Illinois.

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    Related Topix: Transportation, Railroads

  14. Orland Park landlord sued for not renting to blacks

    Tuesday Nov 24 | The SouthtownStar

    ... Alex Majeid, who is black, because of his race. Attempts to contact Flanagan and his attorney, Thomas F. Dwyer of Alsip were unsuccessful Monday. The lawsuit also alleges that Flanagan asked a white tester - who was employed by the Justice ...

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    Related Topix: Orland Park, IL, Chicago, IL, Justice, IL

  15. Riddles Comedy Club returning, in Alsip on 111th Street

    Friday Nov 20 | Southwest News-Herald

    ... Street I happened to see Riddles Sign back up on a club storefront. Riddles is reopening at 5055 W. 111th Street in Alsip. The grand opening is this weekend, Nov. 20. Here's their web page: www.MyRiddlesComedyClub.com . Check it out. The place ...

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    Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Orland Park, IL, Israel, World News, Middle East

  16. Few make trip as Burr Oak reopens Read the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Daily Southtown News

    ... heavy new wrought iron gates opened to the public Thursday. Unlike the desperate thousands who showed up at the Alsip cemetery in July to make sure their loved ones' graves had not been destroyed in a grave-reselling scandal, a slow trickle of ...

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    Related Topix: Cook County, IL

  17. A bittersweet reopeningRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Chicago Sun-Times

    ... Cemetery on Thursday morning with a balloon and a bag of flowers. The timing for the reopening of the scandal-ridden Alsip cemetery couldn't be better, the South Holland woman said. "It's always sad, but it couldn't have been a better day to let me ...

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    Related Topix: South Holland, IL, Cook County, IL, Sports

  18. Chicago-area cemetery where graves dug up reopensRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 19 | The State

    ... workers were accused of digging up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots is open again. Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip reopened Thursday morning. People boarded a bus across the street and were then driven into the cemetery to visit the graves of ...

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  19. Illinois cemetery where graves dug up reopensRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | FOX30Online

    Investigators search for evidence at Burr Oak Cemetery July 14, 2009 in Alsip, Illinois.

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  20. Cemetery at Center of Plot Scheme ReopensRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 19 | CBS News

    Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., reopened Thursday morning four months after four workers were accused of digging up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots.

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