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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, 75, walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. The fallout is continuing for the longtime Chicago City Council member who charged with trying to shake down a fast-food chain _ and for politicians with connections to him. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Mayor orders audit of fund controlled by embattled alderman

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FILE - In this July 31, 2015 file photo, Chicago Alderman Ed Burke chairs a committee meeting in Chicago. Burke, one of the most powerful City Council members in Chicago history has been charged Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in a federal criminal complaint with attempted extortion for &quot;corruptly soliciting business&quot; for his private law firm. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Powerful Chicago council member charged in federal probe

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo shows Eliot Ness in Cleveland. The Chicago City Council is scheduled to debate a resolution Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, that would officially oppose naming a federal building in Washington after the Prohibition era crime-fighter. Nearly six decades after his death, Ness is still so admired that Illinois' two U.S. senators support the idea. But Chicago Alderman Ed Burke wants the senators to drop it calling Ness and his role in capturing gangster Al Capone a &quot;Hollywood myth.&quot; (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, File) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT

Chicago officials say Ness undeserving of honor

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press