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A record number of nearly 1.9 million of them will do so by car, according to AAA.
The burglaries took place at restaurants or stores, began around midnight and lasted until past 3 a.m., police said.
Neighbors awoke to FBI agents shouting commands on a bullhorn, then using grenades in a quiet residential area. The local alderperson says the Chicago police district was not informed prior to the action.
During one heist in West Ridge the robber fired a gun at a liquor store staffer but no one was hurt, police said.