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Alaina Bandy and her fiance look on as an ice skater makes his way around the rink at Millenium Park wearing a horse mask in Chicago.
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Angie Margas votes while her son Danny looks on during early voting at the polling place at Orland Township Hall, 14807 Ravinia Avenue, in Orland Park, IL on Friday November 2, 2012.
Danielle Green-Byrd, who was injured while serving in Iraq, poses at the Orland Park vet Center in Orland Park, IL on Monday November 5, 2012. Danielle was a star basketball player for Notre Dame, who now wears a prosthetic left lower-arm and hand after being injured.
Boys soccer player of the year Zack Biel of Sandburg, at the school in Orland Park, IL on Friday November 9, 2012.
Members of Richards High School's girls chess club are from left, Jessica Zavala, Juliet Lucente, Mady Doan, Caitlin O'Sullivan, Anne Sortino, Marial Rancel and Aminah Garcia; who are practicing at the school in Oak Lawn, IL on Wednesday November 14, 2012.
Del Pearson, the Chicago police officer who was shot on March 19, 2012, stands at his home with the police department's Blue Star award in Chicago, IL on Friday November 30, 2012. The award is given to an officer who was wounded in the line of duty. He is going to be doing the coin toss for the Chicago Bears game on Sunday.
Michael Saldana, a member of the Marian Catholic High School Band, practices near statues in the band room at the school in Chicago Heights, IL on Monday November 5, 2012. The statues are used in their current "My Brother's Keeper" performance.
Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow, talks during election night at the IBEW Local 176 Hall, 1100 NE Frontage Road, Joliet, IL on Tuesday November 6, 2012. Mary Parks was a witness in the Drew Peterson case.
Ruby Lofton, 2nd from left, and Lorraine Guerrero scream as CNN declares that President Obama wins his 2nd term during election night at the IBEW Local 176 Hall, 1100 NE Frontage Road, Joliet, IL on Tuesday November 6, 2012.
Dr. Phillip Kaufman, an eye doctor, looks down the barrel of the NXT Generation CrossBow, which is loaded with homemade ammunition, at his office in Crete IL on Thursday December 13, 2012. It is one of the items on his annual list of dangerous Christmas gifts. The slogan on the box says, "Bring 'Em Up Right."
State Senator Toi Hutchinson, right, hugs her mom, Janice Heno, after a press conference where she kicked off her campaign to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress at Prairie Manor Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Chicago Heights, IL on Monday December 3, 2012.
Salvation Army Bell Ringer Stephanie Porche cries as she and Ernesto Corral share a "God Moment" while she was singing and collecting money for the army at the Sam's Club, 16100 South Harlem Avenue in Tinley Park, IL on Wednesday December 12, 2012. He said he raises his arm to "give the Lord praise and surrender to him."
Firefighters work on the home that had a fire at 16552 W. McDonald Drive in Lockport, IL on Friday December 21, 2012. No one was hurt in the fire.
Sean McPhearson, Boston, MA a cadet from the Naval Station Great Lakes, waves to his family via cellphone during a Christmas Day feast at the American Legion Post 615 in Tinley Park, IL on Tuesday December 25, 2012. There were about 20 cadets at the feast.
Ava Lovell,left, gets a hug from Sydney Glasscock, right, a cadet from the Naval Station Great Lakes, after giving her a holiday card during a Christmas Day feast at the American Legion Post 615 in Tinley Park, IL on Tuesday December 25, 2012. There were about 20 cadets at the feast.
Sheddrick Taliaferro, a cadet from the Naval Station Great Lakes, talks to his family in Atlanta, GA during a Christmas Day feast at the VFW Post, 17147 S. Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, IL on Tuesday December 25, 2012.
