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Alligator in Chicago's Humboldt Park Lagoon caught overnight

CHICAGO - The alligator that eluded authorities for a week in Chicago's Humboldt Park Lagoon, exhausted after its week of celebrity, was caught overnight and made an appearance at a news conference Tuesday morning near the lagoon.

The male, 5-foot-3 alligator, weighing about 30 or 40 pounds, was captured around 1:30 a.m. at the northwest side of the lagoon, officials said. Alligator trapper Frank

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