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Burr Oak Cemetery Reconsecrated By Religious Leaders

AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago

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ALSIP, Ill. (AP) -- Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders have gathered in prayer to reconsecrate the grounds at a suburban Chicago cemetery where f...

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Burr Oak Update: Cook County To Sue Cemetery Owners, Over 200 Bones Found

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to sue the owners of a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago to recover the...

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Identifying The Thousands Of 'Jumbled Bones' At Burr Oak Cemetery Nearly Impossible: Experts

AP | RUPA SHENOY | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Human remains strewn amid overgrown weeds have deteriorated into jumbled bones. Paper records in a rusted metal cabinet have dissolved...

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