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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Alsip</title>
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		<title>Chicago-area cemetery where 4 former workers are accused of digging up graves reopens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Chicago-area cemetery where graves dug up reopens

ALSIP, Ill. — A Chicago-area cemetery that was shut down after four former workers were accused of digging up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots is open again.
Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip reopened Thursday morning. People boarded a bus across the street and were then driven into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago-area cemetery where former workers allegedly dug up graves reopens on limited basis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Desecrated Ill. cemetery reopens on limited basis

ALSIP, Ill. — A Chicago-area cemetery that was shut down after four former workers were accused of digging up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots is open again.
Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip reopened Thursday morning. People boarded a bus across the street and were then driven into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ill. cemetery where ex-workers are accused of digging up graves reopens on limited basis</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ill-cemetery-where-ex-workers-are-accused-of-digging-up-graves-reopens-on-limited-basis-232697/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Ill. cemetery where graves dug up reopens
ALSIP, Ill. — A suburban Chicago cemetery that was shut down after four former workers were accused of digging up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots is open again.

Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip reopened Thursday morning as people boarded a bus across the street and were then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities finish gathering evidence at Ill. cemetery where workers allegedly resold graves</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-finish-gathering-evidence-at-ill-cemetery-where-workers-allegedly-resold-graves-134120/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Investigators stopped collecting evidence Friday at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago where workers allegedly dug up corpses and resold burial plots, acknowledging they&#8217;ll likely never know the identities of all the remains that were removed.

Detectives found more than 1,100 human bones, some tossed on the ground and covered with dirt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skeleton in a suit and tie found sitting in an empty vault at historic Chicago area cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Babwin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Skeletal remains of a man wearing a suit and tie were found sitting in a burial vault with no casket in sight at a historic black Illinois cemetery where workers allegedly dug up bodies and dumped them in a scheme to resell plots, officials said Friday.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said detectives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More discarded burial vaults found at Ill. cemetery where hundreds of bodies were dumped</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/more-discarded-burial-vaults-found-at-ill-cemetery-where-hundreds-of-bodies-were-dumped-126677/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Authorities say they&#8217;ve found discarded burial vaults in a heavily wooded part of a historic black Chicago-area cemetery where workers allegedly dug up bodies and dumped them in a scheme to resell plots.

Cook County Sheriff&#8217;s office spokesman Steve Patterson says about 10 to 12 cement vaults were found in the same area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Exclusive: Worker who exposed Ill. cemetery scandal says he spoke out over job threats</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Babwin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — A gravedigger who helped expose an alleged scheme to dig up graves and resell plots at a suburban Chicago cemetery says he only spoke up after a co-worker warned him to keep his mouth shut or risk losing his job.

Willie Esper told The Associated Press on Monday that he told a supervisor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Owner of Ill. cemetery says he had nothing to do with dumping bodies, moneymaking scheme</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/owner-of-ill-cemetery-says-he-had-nothing-to-do-with-dumping-bodies-moneymaking-scheme-110378/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — The owner of a suburban Chicago cemetery that&#8217;s been closed by authorities amid allegations that workers dug up bodies and resold plots says he had nothing to do with the alleged wrongdoing.

Melvin Bryant, president of Arizona-based Perpetua Inc., says he finds the conduct &#8220;despicable and deplorable.&#8221; Bryant says neither he nor Perpetua [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities to begin identifying bodies in about 100,000 graves in Ill. cemetery investigation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-to-begin-identifying-bodies-in-about-100000-graves-in-ill-cemetery-investigation-107964/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Authorities are beginning the grueling process of trying to identify the people in about 100,000 graves at a suburban Chicago cemetery where four former workers allegedly dug up bodies to resell burial plots.

Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip has been declared a crime scene and closed.
Authorities allege the former workers dug up at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev. Jackson calls for expanded investigation into company that runs Ill. cemetery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rev-jackson-calls-for-expanded-investigation-into-company-that-runs-ill-cemetery-107481/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson has called for an expanded investigation into a suburban Chicago cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

Jackson said Sunday that all cemeteries run by the company that owns Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip should be investigated.
No [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stream of relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for answers; exhumation finds nothing abnormal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stream-of-relatives-go-to-ill-cemetery-looking-for-answers-exhumation-finds-nothing-abnormal-106950/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina M. Wright</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

One body was found in the exhumed grave at the historic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stream of relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for bodies; exhumation finds nothing abnormal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stream-of-relatives-go-to-ill-cemetery-looking-for-bodies-exhumation-finds-nothing-abnormal-106938/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina M. Wright</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

One body was found in the exhumed grave at the historic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands go to Ill. cemetery looking for relatives&#8217; bodies; exhumation finds nothing abnormal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina M. Wright</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Thousands of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

One body was found in the exhumed grave at the historic black cemetery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 body, nothing abnormal, found in exhumed grave in Illinois despite report of stacked bodies</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/1-body-nothing-abnormal-found-in-exhumed-grave-in-illinois-despite-report-of-stacked-bodies-106879/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina M. Wright</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Only one body, and nothing abnormal, was found Saturday in an exhumed grave at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago after authorities had been told they would discover two bodies stacked on top of each other.

Four former employees are accused of digging up hundreds of corpses and dumping them in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff: 1 body found in exhumed grave in Illinois after cemetery&#8217;s lawyer said there were 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Only one body — and nothing abnormal — has been found in an exhumed grave at a suburban Chicago cemetery where officials had been told to expect two bodies.

A sheriff&#8217;s spokeswoman said earlier Saturday that an attorney for the cemetery&#8217;s owner told Cook County authorities two bodies were in the grave at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff&#8217;s spokeswoman: Ill. cemetery confirmed 2 bodies will be found in grave being exhumed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — The attorney for the owner of a suburban Chicago cemetery has told authorities they will find two bodies in a grave being exhumed this weekend.

Cook County Sheriff&#8217;s Office spokeswoman Brittney Blair says that could make all 150 acres at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., a crime scene. She says the attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More bones found at Ill. cemetery at center of gravedigging scheme, grounds closed to public</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Distraught families hoping to determine whether loved ones&#8217; final resting places at a historic black cemetery near Chicago were desecrated in a gravedigging scandal were met with more gruesome discoveries: additional human bones strewn about the grounds.

Thousands have flooded Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, the burial place of civil rights-era lynching victim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Families grapple with guilt, anger at gravedigging scheme at historic Ill. cemetery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/families-grapple-with-guilt-anger-at-gravedigging-scheme-at-historic-ill-cemetery-106322/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Hundreds of horrified relatives grappling with guilt and anger wandered around a historic black cemetery near Chicago on Friday searching for their loved ones&#8217; graves after former cemetery workers were accused of dumping hundreds of unearthed corpses in scheme to resell their plots.

One relative, Shareese McLemore, said she fears her mother&#8217;s grave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: 4 former workers at historic Ill. cemetery made $300K in gravedigging scheme</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-4-former-workers-at-historic-ill-cemetery-made-300k-in-gravedigging-scheme-105985/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Four former employees accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots at a historic black cemetery near Chicago made about $300,000 in a scheme believed to have stretched back at least four years, authorities said Friday.

Three gravediggers and a manager at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip are accused of unearthing hundreds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of families of flood historic Ill. cemetery 4 accused of unearthing bodies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Thousands of families have been flooding a historic black cemetery in Illinois where four people are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.

The Burr Oak Cemetery is the final resting place of lynching victim Emmett Till, as well as blues singers Willie Dixon and Dinah Washington. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff: Families find more cases of disturbed graves as historic black cemetery in Illinois</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Authorities say more than a dozen more cases of disturbed graves have turned up at a historic black cemetery in Illinois where four people are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.

The Burr Oak Cemetery is the final resting place of lynching victim Emmett Till, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold cemetery plots in Ill.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Authorities say more than a dozen more cases of disturbed graves have turned up at a historic black cemetery in Illinois where four people are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.

The Burr Oak Cemetery is the final resting place of lynching victim Emmett Till, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold plots at Ill. cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Relatives of people buried in a historic cemetery south of Chicago have been flocking there to check on the graves of their loved ones.

Three gravediggers and a manager at the Burr Oak Cemetery are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in an elaborate scheme to resell burial plots. Authorities say some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 accused of digging up bodies to resell burial plots at historic black cemetery near Chicago</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-accused-of-digging-up-bodies-to-resell-burial-plots-at-historic-black-cemetery-near-chicago-104809/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Tareen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping some in a weeded area and double-stacking others in existing graves, in an elaborate scheme to resell the plots, authorities said Thursday. All four were charged with felonies.

Frantic relatives of the deceased descended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff: About 300 graves tampered with at historic black cemetary near Chicago; 4 charged</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Four workers were charged Thursday in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near Chicago and strewn in a weeded area or reburied with other bodies so that plots could be resold, authorities said.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said more than a dozen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 workers accused of digging up bodies, reselling plots at historic Chicago-area cemetery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-workers-accused-of-digging-up-bodies-reselling-plots-at-historic-chicago-area-cemetery-104672/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Four cemetery workers have been charged with dismembering bodies after police found what they called &#8220;startling and revolting&#8221; conditions at a historic cemetery near Chicago.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says workers at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip allegedly dug up more than 100 graves, dumped the bodies into unmarked mass graves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 workers accused of digging up bodies, reselling plots at historic Chicago-area cemetary</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Four cemetary workers have been charged with dismembering bodies after police found what they called &#8220;startling and revolting&#8221; conditions at a historic cemetary near Chicago.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says workers at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip allegedly dug up more than 100 graves, dumped the bodies into unmarked mass graves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ill. sheriff: Cemetery workers may have dug up bodies, put them in mass graves to resell plots</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALSIP, Ill. — Workers at a historic Illinois cemetery may have dug up more than 100 bodies and dumped them in mass graves at the back of the 150-acre property in a scheme to resell plots to unsuspecting customers, authorities said Wednesday.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said his office was questioning five employees from Burr [...]]]></description>
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