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In wake of more shootings, Rahm Emanuel returns to Chicago from D.C.

By  Lynn Sweet
   
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WASHINGTON–After 13 people were shot in a South Side Chicago park on Thursday night, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is returning to Chicago, a City Hall official said, canceling an appearance Friday afternoon in New Jersey for Democratic Senate candidate Cory Booker and meetings with two cabinet secretaries. The Sun-Times story on the shootings is HERE.

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