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A Reminder That Some Fun Things Are Not On The App Store
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Sorry, Apple … (Credit: Tumbler) There is not an app for that … (Credit: Tumblr) Or that … A blog on Tumblr, has quite artfully reminded us that there are important things...
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Body Of Male Recovered From Monrose Harbor
CHICAGO (STMW) — Divers have located the body of a male who went into Lake Michigan early Monday. A woman had been rescued in critical condition from the same incident. Emergency crews initially...
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Four People Shot In Back Of The Yards
CHICAGO (CBS) — Four people have been shot in the Back Of The Yards neighborhood. Police are on the scene near 54th and Winchester. The shooting happened around 4 p.m. on Tuesday. The victims have all...
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4 Shot In The Back Of The Yards Neighborhood
CHICAGO (STMW) –Four people were shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Three men and one woman were standing outside in the 5400 block of South Winchester Avenue at 4:36 p.m....
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Winter Leaves Behind Corrosion From Road Salt
CHICAGO (CBS) — After the brutal temperatures and nearly 80 inches of snow, many of us would like to forget this past winter, but we could be dealing with its side effects for years to come. Look...
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Fans React To Donald Sterling’s Lifetime Ban
CHICAGO (CBS) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver handed a lifetime ban to Clipper’s Owner Donald Sterling in wake of his alleged racist comments. WBBM’s Bob Roberts spoke with fans at the Chicago Bulls’...
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2 Investigators: Low-T Drugs Could Have Dangerous Side Effects
(CBS) — It’s a billion dollar a year business. Millions of men are taking testosterone drugs many to help increase energy, libido and muscle mass. But now dozens of lawsuits are alleging that the...
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Sheriff Helping Cook County Inmates Sign Up For Healthcare
CHICAGO (CBS) — At Cook County Jail 4,000 one-time inmates now have health coverage. CBS 2′s Brad Edwards reports why in this original report. One inmate at Cook County Jail is having a son on Friday....
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Jones: The Real Outrage Behind People Like Donald Sterling? The Violence In...
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — An NBA owner is caught on audio tape spewing racist commentary, including, among other things, telling his mistress that she shouldn’t associate with black men in public....
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Police Investigate Sexting Scandal At Batavia Middle School
BATAVIA, Ill. (CBS) – Police and school officials in west suburban Batavia were investigating a sexting scandal at a local middle school. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports investigators were...
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Former Elgin Lawmaker In Court On Child Porn Charges
Updated 04/30/14 – 5:36 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A former state lawmaker accused of having child pornography on a computer at his district office was placed on home confinement and electronic monitoring on...
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House Panel Takes Second Vote On $100M For Obama Library
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – An Illinois House committee has voted a second time to approve $100 million in state funding to bring Barack Obama’s presidential library and museum to Illinois. The Executive...
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Map Shows Several Gun Shops Within Few Miles Of Most Chicagoans
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — While lawyers, judges and politicians decide the future of Chicago’s gun shop ban, most of the city’s residents live within no more than six miles from a licensed gun...
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Taxpayer Group: 11,000 State Retirees Get Six-Figure Pensions
Anti-Tax Activist Calls Pension System 'Obscene, Immoral' WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – A taxpayer group that monitors the state’s pension problems said there are more retired state workers...
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Aldermen OK Ban On Plastic Bags, Delay Ride-Sharing Rules
Most Chicago Stores Have Until 2015 To Stop Using Plastic Bags WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – The City Council has approved a partial ban on plastic bags in Chicago, but delayed action on...
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Man Gets 27 Months In Prison For Threats To Daley
CHICAGO (STMW) – An angry animal rights activist who threatened to avenge the police shooting of a wild cougar in Chicago by torching Mayor Richard M. Daley’s vacation home was sentenced to 27 months...
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Man Claims Police Planted Phone To Justify Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Chicago man claims he was unarmed and posed no threat when police officers shot him from behind after a cookout in the South Chicago neighborhood last year. Ortiz Glaze, 36, filed a...
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Files Accusing Joliet Priests Of Sex Abuse Released To Public
(CBS) — The public can now see files of priests from the Diocese of Joliet accused of sexually abusing children thanks to a lawsuit by one of the victims, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. The roughly 7,000...
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7-Year-Old Boy Sexually Assaulted At Southwest Side Restaurant
CHICAGO (CBS/STMW) – A 7-year-old boy was sexually assaulted when he went to the restroom alone at a restaurant Saturday in the Little Village neighborhood. The boy and his family were eating dinner at...
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Illinois Family’s Dome Home Built To Withstand Tornadoes
(CBS) — This is tornado season – and WBBM’s Steve Miller talked to a family near Pekin who designed and built their home to withstand tornados. “All great projects start with a spouse.” Robin Miller...
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