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Trying To Define The True Midwest: It’s Not Easy
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — With apologies to the Founding Fathers, one truth we hold to be self-evident is that Illinois is part of the Midwest. Right? Maybe not. The data analysts at...
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Quinn Takes Blame For Botched Anti-Violence Program — But Credit For Shutting...
(CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn says he takes responsibility for a program that’s now under investigation, but he insists he quickly took steps to correct it. CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot sat down with the...
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Jobless Rate Hits Lowest Level Since September 2008
(CBS) – New job numbers out today show the biggest monthly hiring surge in two years. U.S. employers added 288,000 jobs in April, and the jobless rate dropped to 6.3 percent — the lowest since...
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Someone You Should Know: Ride Janie Ride Foundation
(CBS) – From St. Charles to Lockport this Sunday, there will be the roar of hundreds of motorcycles. Riders won’t be out just for fun. They are helping to raise thousands of dollars for a really...
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Worried About Meeting A Stranger For Craigslist Sale? East Chicago Cops Will...
(CBS) – Lots of people turn to Craigslist when looking for a bargain — or to sell off some unwanted stuff. But meeting a stranger can be dangerous. Now, there’s a new place to go to safely seal the...
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Group Hopes Foreclosed Properties Can House Homeless LGBT Youth
(CBS) – The numbers are stunning: Gays and lesbians make up nearly half of all homeless youth in Chicago. Now, a group of volunteers is working to change that. CBS 2’s Chris Martinez reports. Just by...
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Friends, Family Mark The Murder Of Anti-Violence Activist One Week Later
(CBS) – An anti-violence activist was remembered Friday evening, a week after she was shot outside her West Pullman home. Leonore Draper volunteered for a non-profit and had just attended a fundraiser...
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Your Chicago: Anixter Center
(CBS) – Hundreds gathered this week to raise money for the Anixter Center. Located on the North Side, it’s part learning, part rehabilitation and part work center, CBS 2’s Rob Johnson reports. Every...
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Pet Owners Say Dogs Shouldn’t Have Died After Spaying At Animal Clinic
(CBS) – You never expect your pet to die after getting spayed. But a Chicago veterinarian is being sued, and some dog owners are calling for his clinic to be shut down after they lost their pets. Eve...
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South Elgin Residents Oppose ComEd Power-Line Plan
(CBS) – There’s a big power struggle in the western suburbs, with serious concerns about health and safety versus money. ComEd wants to set up some new high-power lines near the back yards of several...
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Gary Man Sought In Attack On Girlfriend
GARY, Ind. (STMW)– An arrest warrant has been issued for a Gary man charged with assaulting his girlfriend, who needed to be placed in an induced coma because of the severity of her injuries, police...
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Prosecutor: Woman Stabbed Boyfriend Because He Didn’t Buy Her Gift
(STMW) – Miata Phelan’s rage was sparked when she found out her boyfriend brought gifts for his cousin and brother but not for her, Cook County prosecutors said. And before it was over, the Columbia...
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Man Seriously Wounded In Austin Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was shot and seriously wounded in the West Side Austin neighborhood early Saturday. About 5:05 a.m., the 33-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 5000 block of West Maypole...
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6 Wounded In Citywide Shootings Since Friday Afternoon
CHICAGO (STMW) — At least six people have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon. The most recent shooting injured a woman, 21, Saturday morning in the Austin neighborhood on...
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Police: Pedestrian Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In McKinley Park
CHICAGO (STMW) — A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the South Side Saturday morning, police said. The 24-year-old man was hit about 6:45 a.m. in the...
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University Of Chicago Law Student Killed In Lake Shore Drive Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) — A third-year University of Chicago Law School student died of injuries she suffered in a head-on crash caused by a wrong-way driver on downtown Lake Shore Drive early Friday. Laura...
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‘Bark In The Park’ Raises Money For Anti-Cruelty Society
CHICAGO (CBS) – It was a day for fun in the sun for hundreds of dog lovers who showed up for the 20th annual Bark in the Park event. Owners ran with their dogs in the 5k run, took pictures with their...
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Two Men Shot In Gresham Neighborhood
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two men were wounded in a shooting in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side Saturday afternoon. About 12:40 p.m., the men–ages 22 and 25–were shot in the 2000 block of West 79th...
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Duke’s Coach K Receives Order Of Lincoln Award
CHICAGO (CBS) — Gov. Pat Quinn Saturday bestowed the Order of Lincoln on eight people with ties, past or present, to Illinois. The first to receive it, at a noontime luncheon, was the winningest...
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Man, 20, Fatally Shot In East Chicago, Indiana
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (STMW) – A 20-year-old man who was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in East Chicago, Ind., has been identified. Steven Davis, also from East Chicago, was shot multiple times in the...
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