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Judge won't increase bond for R. Kelly or give $100,000 back to woman who posted his bail

CHICAGO - A Cook County judge on Tuesday declined to increase the $1 million bond for singer R. Kelly on his pending sex abuse cases and also shot down an unusual bid by a woman who posted Kelly's bond in February who now wants her $100,000 back.

Prosecutors at the Leighton Criminal Court Building had not spelled out how much they wanted to increase Kelly's bond, but the move was

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