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Body Found After Fire In Vacant Gary Building
GARY, Ind. (STMW) – A body burned beyond recognition was found following a fire at a vacant building in northwest Indiana early Wednesday. Firefighters discovered the body in the doorway of a vacant...
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Obama Learns Of Ft. Hood Shootings During Chicago Fundraiser
CHICAGO (CBS) – President Barack Obama spent Wednesday in his hometown for a pair of fundraisers. The President learned about the shootings at Fort Hood right in the middle of a fundraiser at a...
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Colter Takes Northwestern Player Union Case To Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) – Members of a group trying to unionize college athletes sought out potential congressional allies Wednesday as they braced for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes...
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Video Of Wild Fight Outside Bar In Wicker Park
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — A wild fight outside a Wicker Park bar was caught on tape before Chicago Police arrived to break up the brawl. The video, which was shot by Mike Block and posted on Monday...
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Chicago Man Admits Stealing More Than $1M In iPhones, iPads
NEWARK, N.J. (STMW) – A Chicago man admitted Tuesday that he stole more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads through an elaborate fraud scheme targeting Verizon Wireless customers. Stephen Gunn,...
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Suburban Cop Charged In Death Of 95-Year-Old WWII Vet
Updated 04/02/14 – 3:49 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A suburban police officer has been charged with reckless conduct, in the death of a 95-year-old World War II veteran who was shocked with a stun gun and...
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Emanuel Pension Plan Clears First Hurdle In Springfield
Updated 04/02/14 – 4:05 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS/AP) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to reform two underfunded employee pension systems quickly took its first step toward approval in the Illinois General Assembly...
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Federal Agents Descend On Home In Rural Indiana
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Federal agents have descended on a compound in rural Indiana that reportedly contains a large amount of historical artifacts, including some from World War II, sources...
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Ukrainian Billionaire Charged In Bribery Scheme For Titanium Rights
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Ukrainian billionaire businessman with close ties to the recently ousted Ukrainian president has been indicted in Chicago’s federal court with bribing Indian government officials in...
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Five Months Later, Teen’s Family Still Seeking Answers In Her Death
(CBS) – Relatives of a dead southwest suburban teenager don’t believe they’re getting all the facts about her death, and they want police to say more. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports 18-year old...
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World’s Fastest Lawnmower Reaches Average Speed Of 116 MPH
By John Dodge (CBS) — The snow is gone, and soon thousands of Chicago homeowners will be swapping their snowblowers for their lawnmowers. Imagine cutting your estate grounds with this: The Honda Mean...
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Vallas Defends Quinn’s Tax Plan, Attacks Rauner
CHICAGO (CBS) – Paul Vallas hit the campaign trail as Gov. Pat Quinn’s running mate on Wednesday, going on the attack against Republican gubernatorial challenger Bruce Rauner for wanting to reduce the...
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SE Side Scrap Yard Owner Charged With Possesing Stolen Vehicle
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police say dozens of stolen cars have turned up in a salvage yard on the Southeast Side. WBBM’s Terry Keshner reports Adelman’s Trucks and Parts is on E. 106th Street in the...
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Feds Pull Naperville Firm’s Trucks Off Road After Fatal Tollway Crash
(STMW) — Federal regulators ordered a Naperville trucking company’s vehicles off the road this week, claiming its failure to stop its drivers from falsifying work records was a key factor in a...
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Robber In Utility Vest Robs Pastor’s Wife In Austin
CHICAGO (CBS) – The wife of a well-known pastor says she was robbed at gunpoint by a person posing as a utility worker. It happened in the 5700 block of Midway Park in Austin. CBS 2′s Brad Edwards...
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Indianapolis Murder Outbreak Double Number In Chicago
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — If somebody told you that Indianapolis, once nicknamed “nap city” because not much happened there, has seen more murders than Chicago in the past few days, would you...
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Man Saves Woman From Oncoming Blue Line Train
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man wearing a bright orange jacket jumped onto the Blue line tracks to alert an oncoming train after a woman fell off the platform. The incident was captured on tape by DNAinfo Radio...
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Aldermen Call For Investigation Into Apparent Ambulance Shortage
CHICAGO (CBS) – A CBS 2 and Better Government Association investigation is getting results as alderman are calling for an investigation and hearings into potentially life threatening ambulance...
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Community Mourns 3 Members Of Vernon Hills Family Killed In Crash
(CBS) -- A deadly car crash on a family vacation claims three members of a Vernon Hills family. Now, the community is mourning the victims and looking to help the lone survivor, a nine-year-old girl....
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Former Youth Ministry Leader Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Girls
WHEATON, Ill. (STMW) – A former youth ministry leader at a West Chicago church is accused of having sexual contact with two underage girls. Osman Bahadarakhann, 23, was charged with three counts of...
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