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Infant Safe, Dad Arrested After Avalon Park Kidnapping
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 4-month-old girl who was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Avalon Park neighborhood has been found safe, and her father is in custody. CBS 2′s Susanna Song reports the girl, identified...
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Boy, 16, In Intensive Care After Collapsing During Basketball Game
MAYWOOD, Ill. (CBS) – A Chicago teenager collapsed while playing a basketball game this weekend, when he suffered an apparent heart attack on the court at Riverside Brookfield High School. Jermaine...
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3 Dead, 26 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (STMW) – Three people are dead and at least 26 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon, police said. The most recent fatal shooting happened about...
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Former Judges, Ex-Prosecutors Urge Alvarez To Drop Perjury Case
CHICAGO (STMW) – A who’s who of former judges and prosecutors have signed a letter expressing concerns about a perjury prosecution against a man who recanted his 1994 testimony in a murder trial. The...
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Man Convicted In Round Lake Beach Murder
CHICAGO (STMW) – One of the final images jurors saw in the murder trial of Jose Rebollar-Vergara was videotape of victim Gabriel Gonzalez, fatally shot, falling down in front of a Round Lake Beach...
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Father Charged With DUI In Crash That Killed Son, 4
(CBS) – A 29-year-old man has been charged with drunk driving in a crash that killed his 4-year-old son and injured two other children. Illinois State Police said Shannard Dyer, of Romeoville, was...
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Man Dies After Falling Off Golf Cart In McHenry County
A 20-year-old man died Sunday afternoon, after he fell off a golf cart in far north suburban McHenry County. Police said Stephen Canfield, of Harvard, was riding on the back of a golf cart headed south...
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Nearly 20 Percent Of Great Lakes Still On Ice
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — In the aftermath of one of the coldest winters on record, 19 percent of the Great Lakes are still covered in ice. As of Sunday. much of the ice cover is on Lake Superior...
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Man Shot Inside Apartment In Wauconda
WAUCONDA, Ill. (STMW) – A man was shot Sunday night inside his girlfriend’s apartment in northwest suburban Wauconda. Three men knocked on a second-floor apartment door in the 100 block of South Main...
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Hearing Held On Lawsuit Aiming To Block Term Limits Proposals
Hearing Held On Lawsuit Aiming To Block Term Limits Proposals WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – A lawsuit seeking to block ballot initiatives to impose term limits and to change the way...
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Poll: 42 Percent Know Somebody Who Has Given Up Looking For Work
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — While the unemployment rate continues to fall nationally, 42 percent of Americans say the know somebody who has simply given up looking for work, a new poll finds. A new...
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Indiana MERS Patient In Good Condition; To Go Home Soon
MUNSTER, Ind. (CBS) – The first person in the U.S. to be diagnosed with the deadly MERS virus has been steadily improving, and should be able to go home from the hospital soon. CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli...
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Rewind Chicago: Dancing On A Plank, About 200 Feet Above The Street
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — They didn’t have the Willis Tower “Ledge” in the 1930s. Instead, a 10-inch wide plank attached to a 19th floor window would have to do. In this old British Pathe newsreel...
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Community Gardens Blossoming In Chicago Suburbs
(CBS) – As the soil warms up, the hopeful are emerging from winter burrows and digging up gardens provided in ever-increasing numbers by their communities, reports WBBM’s John Cody. West of Chicago...
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Police Searching For Three Suspects In Wauconda Shooting
(CBS) — Wauconda police hope security and red light cameras are able to help investigators find the three men responsible for shooting a man in the chest Sunday night. Wauconda Police Chief Patrick...
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Police: No Charges Against Batavia Students For Texting Lewd Photos
BATAVIA (STMW) – West suburban police announced Monday they will not file charges against children for sending sexually explicit images to other middle school students through their cell phones. No...
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Woman Looking For ATM, Drives On Railroad Tracks
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Maria Segura needed some cash on Monday morning. So, she got behind the wheel of her 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier and began searching for an ATM, only to take a left turn onto...
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CTU Head Karen Lewis Calls For Tax On Stock, Futures Transactions To Pay...
CHICAGO (CBS) – The head of the Chicago Teachers Union is touting a tax on stock trades and other transactions to help close a pension gap without cutting benefits for retired teachers. WBBM Political...
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Officials Looking To Turn Joliet Prison Into Tourist Attraction
(CBS) – The next people inside the Joliet Prison may have to pay for the privilege, reports WBBM’s John Cody. Joliet officials are keenly aware of the part their city’s now closed prison played in the...
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Former Journalist Pushes For More Job Opportunities For Dyslexics
(CBS) — A former journalist has mounted a one-woman crusade, encouraging employers to view dyslexic applicants as an opportunity instead of a problem. Laura Cianci, founder of Jobs For Dyslexics, says...
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