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Yo-Yo Ma Surprises Mag Mile Shoppers With Pop-Up Concert
CHICAGO (CBS) – Downtown shoppers got the surprise of a lifetime when out of nowhere a pop-up concert was set up and performed. CBS 2’s Brad Edwards reports this wasn’t just any concert as the star...
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Snow Gives Way To A Deep Freeze
CHICAGO (CBS) – The snow might be over, after dumping up to 3 inches of flakes on the Chicago area early Wednesday, but residents are still bracing for the second blast of subzero temperatures in three...
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Man Shot And Killed In Morgan Park
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side. About 4:40 p.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired discovered the...
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Blue Island Firefighter Files Lawsuit Against City
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (STMW) – A part-time Blue Island firefighter is suing the city, contending that it withdrew an offer to him for a full-time job without justification. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in...
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Former Cop Tapped To Head Scandal-Plagued Buildings Department
CHICAGO (STMW) – A former Chicago Police officer who has emerged as one of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s most trusted advisers was chosen Tuesday to lead Chicago’s scandal-plagued Department of Buildings....
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Cell Phone Store Owner Shoots, Kills Robber
CHICAGO (CBS) – A man trying to rob a South Side cell phone store was shot and killed by the store’s owner Tuesday evening, police said. About 6:30 p.m. a man in his 20s armed with a handgun tried to...
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Delegation From Lombard To Distribute Relief Supplies In Washington, Ill.
Supplies gathered by the Lombard Fire Dept. for tornado victims in Washington, Ill. (Credit: Lombard Fire Dept. ) LOMBARD, Ill. (CBS) — A group from the village of Lombard is heading southwest tomorrow...
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After Meeting Fundraising Goal, Suburban Pop Warner Team Makes Super Bowl
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (CBS) – Now that it has raised the money to finance its trip to the Pop Warner championships, a team of 7th and 8th graders from Hoffman Estates is doing well in the tournament. A...
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Top Chicago Viral Stories Of 2013
(CBS) If the stories below are any indication, 2013 was a wild year. Before we turn the calendar to 2014, let’s recount some of the most outrageous stories from Chicago in 2013, in no particular order....
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O’Hare Airport Adds Yoga Room
CHICAGO (AP) – Find your zen, air travelers: Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport now has a yoga room. The Chicago Department of Aviation announced Tuesday that the airport yoga room is open on the...
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Police: Drunk Ambulance Driver Caused Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) – A man who crashed a private ambulance into another vehicle on the North Side this week was arrested for driving drunk. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports 31-year-old John Lara,...
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Eastbound I-80/94 Reopens After 3-Semi Crash In Indiana
Updated 12/11/13 – 10:15 a.m. GARY, Ind. (STMW) – All lanes have reopened on Interstate 80/94 in northwest Indiana after three semi trucks and one car were involved in a crash Wednesday morning,...
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Tinley Park Mayor Doesn’t Want ’16 And Pregnant’ To Film There
TINLEY PARK, Ill. (CBS) – Most communities are thrilled to host a TV or movie shoot, but the mayor of Tinley Park says he wants nothing to do with a controversial program that wants to film in his...
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Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $400 Million, Second Biggest Ever
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $400 million for Friday’s drawing, making it the second-largest payout in the game’s history. The winner who takes the lump-sum cash payout would...
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Foundation Aims To Save Children With Heart Problems
CHICAGO (CBS) — A foundation established in memory of a young Lake Bluff man is working to prevent other deaths like his. play pause Foundation Centers On Heart Problems WBBM's Regine Schlesinger In...
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Police Torture Victim Freed After 30 Years Behind Bars
PONTIAC, Ill. (CBS) – Stanley Wrice walked out of a central Illinois prison on Wednesday, freed after 30 years behind bars, after his rape conviction was tossed out because he had been tortured into...
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Mariano’s Hiring Staff For New Stores; Job Fairs This Week
CHICAGO (CBS) — As the Mariano’s grocery store chain expands in Chicago, its parent company says it plans to hire 2,500 workers to staff its new stores. Roundy’s will be hosting a job fair on Thursday...
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Archdiocese Hit With Another Sex Abuse Suit Over Ex-Priest McCormack
Darryl McArthur has accused former priest Daniel McArthur of sexually abusing him in the 1990s at St. Ailbe Parish, and he said the Chicago Archdiocese knew at the time McCormack was an abuser....
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City Council OKs More Cubs’ Night Games, Pushing Back Wrigley Walls
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) said the Cubs need to get started on their project to renovate Wrigley Field, now that the City Council has approved several items on the...
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Holiday Grinch Steals Hundreds From Charity Jar
(Credit: Golf Mill surveillance video) NILES, Ill. (STMW) — A north suburban police department is seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a man who allegedly stole more than $250 from a...
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