Ex-Chicago official charged in red-light program

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CHICAGO (AP) — Federal authorities Wednesday arrested a retired Chicago official who managed one of the nation’s largest red-light camera programs, accusing him of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, an Arizona condominium and other gifts to steer $124 million in city contracts to Phoenix-based Redflex Traffic Systems Inc.

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