Chicago area

• Lake Co. judge denies effort to muzzle sheriff, Daily Herald
• Freed loses appeal on Block 37, Chicago Business
• Sears, Lampert win dismissal of Kmart fraud suit, Chicago Business
• Prosecutors: Elderly man shot over a dollar, Chicago Tribune
• Recording in murder-for-hire trial: "Two slugs to the head. That's it", Daily Herald
• Bribe case figure to plead guilty to drug charges, Chicago Tribune

Nation

• Court rules against FCC in "new neutrality" case, New York Times