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CBS Chicago First Tweet: Obama Predicts Two Terms In White House
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — As it turns out, he was half right. Back in the summer of 2008, Chicago was bidding for the 2016 Olympic Games. Just a few days after winning the Democratic nomination for...
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Bedbugs Found At State Government Building In Loop
CHICAGO (AP) – Officials say bedbugs were found at a downtown Chicago building where many state employees work. Illinois Department of Revenue spokeswoman Sue Hofer said Wednesday that the bugs were...
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Lansing Child Died Due To Blunt Force, Child Abuse
LANSING (CBS) — A two-year old died of blunt force trauma and child abuse, the Cook County Medical Examiner ruled on Wednesday. Lansing EMS and police were called to a home in the 179th block of...
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After Miraculous Shot, Orr Player’s Team Heads To State
(CBS) – It is truly a miracle shot on the West Side. Not because Tyquone Greer won the game for Orr Academy High School, but what led up to that shot. As CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reports, it gave reason...
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Vandals Hitting Parking Pay Boxes On North Side: Police
(STMW) – Could it be frustration over the parking situation, or simply a case of vandalism? Either way, Chicago Police are searching for whoever is damaging parking pay stations owned by Laz Parking....
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Group: Walgreens Pharmacies Are Compromising Security Of Patient Information
(CBS) – Walgreens is under attack and facing accusations from a labor-backed consumer group that it could be exposing customers’ private medical information with its new pharmacy consulting desks. The...
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City Council To Consider Heliport Near Bridgeport
(CBS) – A new proposal for a busy heliport near Bridgeport is hovering over City Hall. The waterfront heliport near 24th and Halsted could become the busiest facility in the six-county area, offering...
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Illinois Speaker Proposes Education Tax On Millionaires
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Two days after Illinois Republicans chose a multimillionaire as their candidate for governor, the powerful Chicago Democrat who controls the Illinois House proposed a tax on...
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Ill. High Court Ruling Could Mean Early Release For Prisoners Convicted As...
CHICAGO (AP) – Dozens of inmates serving life without parole in Illinois for murders they committed when they were juveniles were given a chance at freedom Thursday when the state Supreme Court granted...
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Women Targeted In Series Of Attacks In Park Forest: Police
(CBS) – Park Forest police are warning the public about three increasingly brazen attacks on women. In one of the most recent attacks, at 9 a.m. Thursday around Shabbona Park, a naked man wearing a...
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Officers Shoot Suspect Who Fired At Police In Fuller Park: FOP
(STMW) – Chicago Police shot and wounded a man who allegedly fired a gun at officers Thursday evening in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood. Police shot and wounded a person in the 4400 block of...
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House Ethics Panel Eyes Rep. Gutierrez
WASHINGTON (AP) — Actions by Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois are being scrutinized by the House Ethics Committee. Gutierrez, 60, is in his 11th term representing Chicago and surrounding...
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Officers Shoot Man Who Pointed Gun During Chase
CHICAGO (CBS) – A police officer shot and wounded a man who allegedly pulled a gun on them during a foot chase Thursday evening in the south side Fuller Park neighborhood. It was sunset when two...
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Fitness Evaluation Ordered For Man Accused Mundelein Kidnapping, Rape
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) – The mental fitness of a Chicago man charged with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a young Mundelein girl was called into question Thursday in Lake County Circuit Court. Jose...
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Man Attempts Sexual Assault, Exposes Himself In Greater Grand Crossing
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are warning people on the South Side of a man who exposed himself and attempted to sexually assault a female last week in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. On March 10,...
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Petting Zoo Owner Accused Of Neglect Won’t Have To Give Up Animals
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – Kane County Associate Judge Elizabeth Flood ruled Thursday that an Elgin woman charged with neglect of animals did not have to forfeit ownership of the horses, donkeys and...
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Sentencing Delayed For Driver In Crash That Killed Boy, 11
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – On Thursday afternoon, Benjamin Black sat on the witness stand in a Kane County courtroom and looked into the devastated eyes of the Ranken family. The 29-year-old Sycamore...
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One Dead In Naperville Fire
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (CBS) – A person was killed late Thursday night in a fire at a Naperville apartment building. Naperville firefighters responded to a fire in a second-floor unit of a three-story...
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Mayor Denies Backlog Of Animal Neglect Complaints
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel denied the city has a backlog of unchecked complaints to Chicago’s Animal Care and Control, despite hundreds of calls getting no response, some since as far back as...
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Quinn Again Slams Rauner As ‘Heartless’ On Minimum Wage Stance
CHICAGO (CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn wasn’t letting up Thursday in his attacks on Republican challenger Bruce Rauner, continuing to make the venture capitalist’s vast wealth an issue in the race for...
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