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House Panel OKs Measure Requiring Workplace Protections For Pregnant Women
Measure Seeks Workplace Protections For Pregnant Women WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – A proposal in Springfield aims to protect pregnant women in Illinois against workplace discrimination. WBBM...
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Man Charged With Killing Woman Found Slain After February Fire
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man has been charged with stabbing a woman to death in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood in February. Matthew Rosario, 28, was charged with first-degree murder in...
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Public Warned To Avoid Trash That May Contain Meth Chemicals
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Walkers, joggers are bikers in Indiana are being warned that any trash they find may be contaminated with chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine. Indiana State...
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Man Charged With DUI After Killing Pedestrian In Des Plaines
DES PLAINES, Ill. (STMW) – Police say a northwest suburban man was driving under the influence of alcohol when he fatally struck a Chicago man Wednesday night in Des Plaines. Robert Grossman, 44, is...
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Survey: Chicago Among Top 25 Travel Destinations In World
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago was named one of the top 25 places to visit in the world, according to a travel website survey. The 2014 Trip Advisor Travelers’ Choice Awards ranks Chicago No....
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Stephen Colbert To Succeed Letterman On ‘Late Show’
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — CBS announced on Thursday that Stephen Colbert will succeed David Letterman on “The Late Show.” Colbert, 49, is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he was a...
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Divvy Bikes Ramping Up For Spring Weather
CHICAGO (CBS) – The folks behind the scenes of the Divvy bike-sharing program have been gearing up for warmer weather, tuning up hundreds of bikes and getting them out on the streets. WBBM Newsradio’s...
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State Troopers Intercept Heroin Shipment Headed To Ohio
(CBS) – Illinois State Police have seized more than 12 pounds of heroin that were on the the way to Ohio through the Heroin Highway from Mexico. Illinois State Police Cmdr. James Morrissey said...
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The World’s Subway Maps Show How Poor Transit Is In Chicago
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Gazing at the work of Jug Cerovic, evokes very different reactions. 1) Maps of subways–which themselves are mostly invisible, often dark and gritty–are beautiful. 2)...
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Top Mexican Drug Cartel Member Cooperating With Feds
CHICAGO (STMW) – A top-ranking member of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel pleaded guilty a year ago and is cooperating with Chicago prosecutors, federal law enforcement officials announced Thursday morning....
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Man Accused Of Breaking Into Home To Rape 4-Year-Old
CALUMET PARK, Ill. (STMW) – A brazen pedophile broke into a Calumet Park home, raped a 4-year-old girl while others were inside, and then went into a closet at the residence and started smoking a...
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Chicago Public Library Revamps Website
New Library Website Includes Apps For iPhone, Droid WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Public Library has supercharged its old workhorse website, unveiling a new site that is more...
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Woman’s Efforts To Honor Her Slain Solider Son Fall Apart
(CBS) — A Chicago woman whose son took his own life after serving in Afghanistan says her heart has been broken again – because plans have been scrapped to honor her son’s memory. It was a year and a...
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Melrose Park High School Locked Down After Shots Are Heard
(STMW) – A private school in west suburban Melrose Park was placed on lockdown for about half an hour Thursday morning after shots were fired nearby. Witnesses heard gunshots coming from at least one...
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Gunmen Threaten Lake View Shop Employees
(CBS) – A gun is put to the head of an employee heading to work at a high-end chocolate maker in Lake View. Now, the head of the company is taking extra steps to keep her employees safe. CBS 2′s...
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Alderman, Residents Frustrated Building Ruins Remain At Site Of Arson Fire
(CBS) – Frustrations are boiling over in a South Side community. Residents there say they’ve been dealing with an unsightly scene for the past three months. They’ve reached out to numerous city...
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Could ‘Star Wars’ Creator Build Museum Here In Chicago?
(CBS) – “Star Wars” broke box office records and captivated movie watchers around the world. Now the film’s creator, George Lucas, is looking to build a museum, and he wants to do it right here in...
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Lemont Authorities Recount Rescue Of Man From Ravine
(CBS) – It happened in an instant. A man falls more than 25 feet, knocked unconscious and left to die. Nearly a day later, a police officer in southwest suburban Lemont finds him, deep in a ditch,...
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Boy, 3, Falls Out Of Window In Portage Park
(STMW) — A 3-year-old boy was injured when he fell out of a second-story window Thursday afternoon in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The 3-year-old fell through a screened window...
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Hearing-Impaired Man Robbed Near Mayor’s North Side Home
(STMW) — A man was robbed early Thursday morning around the corner from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home on the North Side. The 29-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 1700 block of West Berteau...
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