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Elderly Missouri man charged in 1966 stabbing death of Calumet City woman

James Barbier, 79, is charged with first-degree murder in the 1966 stabbing death of 18-year-old Karen Snider at her home in Calumet City. ....

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Inside Cook County Jail's battle against drug-soaked paper trade

Thousands of pieces of paper funnel through the Cook County Jail every single day - cards sent to inmates, letters, tissue used inside books being read. But beyond the barbed wire, a search is being done right now to find paper soaked in drugs, and it's hard to sniff out. ....

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