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  • A harness and the end of a rope dangles Tuesday from a window of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. Two convicted bank robbers used a knotted rope made from bedsheets to escape from their lockup cell, which was 20 stories above the ground. They were still at large Wednesday night. (Associated Press)

    2 convicts use bedsheets to flee from high-rise cell

    A manhunt for two convicted but not sentenced bank robbers who used a makeshift rope to make a daring escape from a high-rise Chicago lockup extended to a second day Wednesday. Authorities offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the fugitives' apprehension.

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