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• The Bears said Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi was everything they wanted. Then he failed a physical, Jeff Arnold reports. (Patch)
• Three boys — ages 12,13 and 14 — were charged with armed carjacking Saturday.
  They were arrested hours after authorities said they "took a vehicle by force" from a 50-year-old man in the 1200 block of South Independence Boulevard. (NBC5)
• The New Roseland Community Hospital celebrated the first day of spring on Sunday by serving up soup and sandwiches, and giving away 200 boxes filled with food. (CBS2)
• New census data confirmed what everybody knew about gentrification in Chicago. Neighborhoods with the fastest growth in median household income are also areas where the white population grew and Latino population shrank in the last 10 years. (WBEZ)
• That's a wrap on March Madness for our home teams. University of Illinois and Loyola have been both been eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. (Yahoo)

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