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09.01.2009 by David Murray // 3 Comments

The first sentence of a story in today's Chicago Sun-Times: 

"A man who allegedly has about 14 aliases and an arrest record across the country was being uncooperative with police after he was shot then struck by a CTA bus Monday night on the Southwest side, police said."

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  1. Chuck B says

    September 1, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Did one of his names happen to be Rasputin?

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  2. David Murray says

    September 1, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    Assputin, perhaps.

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  3. Glynn says

    September 1, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    The way it reads, the bus could be charged with carrying a concealed weapon.

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