Chicago area

• Public defender in prosecutor beating case freed without bond, Chicago Tribune
• Chicago appeals judge moving chambers to Indiana, Chicago Tribune
• Charges dismissed against cop in fatal Thanksgiving Day crash, Chicago Sun-Times
• Blagojevich Day 2: "I'll be vindicated", Chicago Tribune
• Suburbs poised to fight Cook Co. on red light cameras, Daily Herald

Southern Illinois

• Groups: Prisons violate civil rights, The Southern