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Jerry Reinsdorf, Kenny Williams Speak To High Schoolers About Jackie Robinson
(CBS) – White Sox executives spoke to some Chicago high school athletes about bringing change as part of Major League Baseball’s Jackie Robinson Day, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. White Sox Chairman...
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Suspect In Custody After Loop Bank Robbery
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police have a suspect in custody for a mid-afternoon Loop bank robbery. The robbery occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, at the Fifth Third branch at 1 S. Dearborn St. FBI Special...
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Surveillance Video Shows Man Pull Out Submachine Gun In Store
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man pulled out a gun in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of a Chicago convenience store, all apparently because of a soda tax in an incident captured on the stores...
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Residents On Alert After Lakeview Sex Assault
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police are looking for a suspect after a woman was sexually assaulted in the 3500 block of North Halsted in Lake View neighborhood Monday afternoon. They say a 22-year-old woman was...
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One Year Later, Chicago Area Runners Remember Boston Bombings
CHICAGO (CBS) – One year ago, Mark Busiak was in Boston and on Tuesday, he stood outside Old St. Pat’s where bells marked the anniversary of the Boston tragedy. “I was part of something that was very...
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8 Hurt, Including 2 Firefighters, In South Side Fire
CHICAGO (CBS) — Eight people are hurt, including 2 firefighters and a police officer, in a fire on the South Side Tuesday afternoon, according to Chicago Fire Spokesman Larry Langford. The fire...
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State Seeks Help Restoring Shrinking Monarch Butterfly Population
CHICAGO (CBS) – State officials were asking the public to help in an effort to restore the population of a state symbol. WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports the monarch butterfly has been the state’s...
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Man Charged In Loop Bank Robbery Believed To Be “Benchwarmer Bandit”
Updated 04/16/14 – 2:29 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) – A man charged with robbing a bank in the Loop on Tuesday is believed to be the Benchwarmer Bandit, suspected by the FBI of at least five other bank jobs....
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Tollway Installs First Steel Beams For Elmhust Road Bridge
DES PLAINES, Ill. (STMW) – The Illinois Tollway installed the first steel beams early Wednesday for the new southbound Elmhurst Road bridge over the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. Eighteen beams will be...
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Move To Ban Microbeads Moves Forward Amid Phase-Out Agreements
CHICAGO (CBS) – Environmentalists, lawmakers and representatives of the cosmetics industry met at the Shedd Aquarium on Wednesday day to talk about an agreement to stop the use of “microbeads” in...
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By The Numbers: Problems For Illinois
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — What’s wrong with Illinois? Compared with neighboring states: A lot. Based on several economic indicators tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Land Of...
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Child Abuse Prevention Group Hosts Pinwheel Garden At Navy Pier
CHICAGO (CBS) – Child abuse prevention advocates gathered in front of Navy Pier on Wednesday with an important message: everyone can help prevent child abuse. Voluteers with Prevent Child Abuse America...
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Lake Shore Drive Reopens After Suspicious Package Checked
Updated 04/16/14 – 2:58 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago police shut down Lake Shore Drive on the North Side for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon as they investigated a suspicious package. The police...
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Rep. Smith’s Attorney: Taking Money Not Necessarily A Bribe
CHICAGO (CBS) – One of state Rep. Derrick Smith’s attorneys offered a rather unusual defense on Wednesday against allegations the West Side lawmaker accepted a $7,000 bribe from a daycare operator...
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Truman College Instructor Accused Of Sexually Assualting Former Student
CHICAGO (STMW) — An associate English professor at Truman College allegedly sexually assaulted a former student he had recently began dating, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Max Gulias II attacked...
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Vandals Slash Tires Of 19 Vehicles In Evanston
EVANSTON, Ill. (STMW) — Some north suburban residents woke up Tuesday to find vandals had slashed the tires on their vehicles which had been parked on the street overnight. One or more suspects slashed...
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First Phase Of Red/Purple Line Rebuild May Start In 2017
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Starting as early as 2017, the CTA plans to rebuild four stations and begin to replace track and elevated structures on the north part of the Red Line. The cost of that...
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It’s Mid-April And Coast Guard Is Still Battling Thick Great Lakes Ice
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Almost one month into spring, and the U.S. Coast Guard is still breaking up ice around the Great Lakes. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...
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Two Cook County Employees Get Prison For Bribery Scheme
(STMW) – Two Cook County employees who took bribes to lower property tax bills were sentenced Wednesday to two years and 18 months behind bars respectively, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Brothers...
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Two Cops Hailed as Heroes For Catching Boys From Burning Home
CHICAGO (CBS) – Two Chicago Police officers and several Good Samaritans are being hailed as heroes after catching two young boys jumping from a burning building. Flames shot out of the side of a two...
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