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Police Officer Rescues Teens From Des Plaines River
RIVERSIDE, Ill. (CBS) – A west suburban police officer rescued some teens from an overturned canoe last week. WBBM Newsradio’s Nancy Harty reports Riverside Police Officer Michael Panek saw three kids...
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Durbin: Progress Being Made On Prison Reform
(CBS) – Senator Dick Durbin has told a criminal justice forum that there’s progress being made on prison reform, mainly because inaction is costing federal and state governments a fortune, reports WBBM...
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Robber Arrested After Holding Up Bank At Portage Park Jewel Store
CHICAGO (CBS) – A suspect was arrested Monday morning after robbing a TCF Bank branch inside a Jewel grocery store in Portage Park. Police said a person robbed the TCF Bank branch in the Jewel-Osco at...
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Chicago, Midwest Lights At Night As Seen From Space
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Even from space, the lights from Chicago are blinding. The Suomi NPP satellite captured night images over nine days in April 2012 and 13 days the same year in October. The...
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Woman Dead, Two Men Hurt In Schaumburg Crash
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (STMW) – A northwest suburban woman was killed and two men were hurt when a car and an SUV collided Monday morning in Schaumburg. The crash happened about 10:40 a.m. when a Chevrolet...
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Vietnam Vet Mistaken As Homeless, Kicked Out Of Walgreens
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Vietnam War veteran is hospitalized after reportedly suffering an episode of post-traumatic stress disorder for the way he was treated at a Hyde Park Walgreens last week. Arnetha...
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Bail Denied For Man Accused Of Shaking Baby
CHICAGO (STMW) – The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is investigating a woman and her boyfriend, who faces felony charges for allegedly shaking the woman’s 14-month-old daughter,...
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Task Force Recommends Creation Of Single Board To Oversee All Chicagoland...
(CBS) – The Governor’s transportation task force is calling for a single board to oversee the whole Chicagoland area transit system, reports WBBM’s John Cody. Governor Pat Quinn appointed the 15 member...
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Chicago Drivers Average One Wreck Every Eight Years
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Drivers in the Chicago area are 25 percent more likely than the national average to get in a car accident, and typically are involved in a wreck once every eight years,...
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Stevenson HS Student, Parents Killed In Arizona Crash
(STMW) — A Vernon Hills couple and their teenage son were killed, and their young daughter injured, in a traffic crash in Arizona over spring break. Stevenson High student Yuki Hirayama, his father...
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Nearly 90 Percent Say Illinois, Chicago Government Is Corrupt
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Nearly 90 percent of Illinois voters believe that corruption is typical in state government, according to a new poll. More than half of Illinois voters believe state...
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Emanuel Calls For Some Juvenile Records To Be Automatically Expunged
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel is throwing his support behind legislation that would automatically erase some juvenile arrest records, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore. Mayor Emanuel...
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Student Sexually Assaulted In Dorm On UIC Campus
CHICAGO (CBS) – A woman was attacked on campus in her dormitory shower around 10 Monday a.m. It happened in the women’s-only bathroom on the fifth floor at the Commons South Residence Hall at 700 S....
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Warm Weather, New Security Rules Greet Sox Fans In Home Opener
CHICAGO (CBS) — The long hard winter gave way to some hard hitting at U.S. Cellular Field Monday for the White Sox home opener CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reports fans young and old spent hours before the...
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Words Matter: A White Sox Opening Day Proposal
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Hopeless romantic “Mike” on Monday offered his hand in marriage to “Heather”–proposing to spend one day a year with her for the rest of his life. Hopeless, indeed. Just...
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Police Find Dozens Of Stolen Vehicles At Auto Scrap Yard
(CBS) – Chicago police on Monday blocked the entrance to a scrap yard on Chicago’s Southeast side after a search warrant apparently turned up dozens of stolen cars. Police responded to a call of a...
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Mobile Medical Van Brings Check-Ups To Students
(CBS) – Most of us don’t look forward to going to the doctor, but what if your doctor came to you? And what if it was free? CBS 2′s Marissa Bailey says that’s what happening for nearly 3,000 Chicago...
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Donations Pour In For Rauner, Quinn
(CBS) – Both Candidates in the 2014 Illinois race for governor are building up their political war chests. For multi-millionaire challenger Bruce Rauner, it’s been no problem, but Governor Pat Quinn...
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Friends, Family Say Goodbye To Father, Daughter Killed By Fla. Plane Crash
(CBS) – Dozens gathered in Round Lake on Monday to say goodbye to a father and daughter killed in a Florida plane crash. Fifty-three-year-old Jeffrey Bronken, who was piloting the plane, died in the...
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Man In Ski Mask Tries To Lure Boy Into Vehicle In Wicker Park: Police
(STMW) – Police are searching for a person who tried to lure a 10-year-old boy into his car in the Wicker Park neighborhood Monday morning. The boy was walking to school in an alley in the 1300 block...
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