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Illinois School Funding Data Fuel Reform Debate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Newly released figures that show downstate school districts gaining at the expense of suburban ones have fueled a debate among lawmakers about a proposed overhaul of the...
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Senn High School To Name Theater After Harold Ramis
Ramis Alma Mater Pays Tribute To Late Comedian WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – The theater at Harold Ramis’ alma mater will be named in the late Chicago comedian and director’s honor later...
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Drowning Victim’s Parents Help Teach About Dangers Of Rip Currents
'Even An Olympic Swimmer Can't Fight Rip Currents' WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – A southwest suburban couple hope to present more open water safety programs in the future, just as they did on...
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No Fooling: April 1 Lottery Winnings Turn Into Big Mother’s Day Gift
CHICAGO (CBS) – Daniel Stojak won’t have any trouble buying his mom the diamond bracelet she wants for Mother’s Day, thanks to what she already bought for him last month. It was no April Fool’s Day...
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Hancock Center ‘Tilt’ Just Might Up The Ante On Willis Tower’s ‘Ledge’
CHICAGO (CBS) – The “Ledge” at Willis Tower has a new rival for skyscraper thrills in Chicago. The Hancock Center has its own gravity-defying feature, “Tilt,” which lets visitors lean out over the edge...
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Feds: Businessman Tried To Ship Banned Infrared Camera To Pakistan
(CBS) – A Bolingbrook businessman faces a decade in prison and a $1 million fine for allegedly trying to ship an infrared camera to Pakistan. Bilal Ahmed, 33, is free on $100,000 bond and charged with...
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Walgreens Downplays Report Of Move To Downtown Chicago
(CBS) – Deerfield-based Walgreens is downplaying a media report that it is mulling a corporate move to downtown Chicago. The drug store giant has been eyeing the old Post Office building west of the...
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Man Held Without Bond In Englewood Girl’s Rape, Murder
(CBS) – The mom of a murder victim calls it the best mother’s day gift — that her daughter’s attacker is staying behind bars. Rene Valentin-Matos was ordered held without bond Thursday in the 2009 rape...
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Cops: Teen Videotaped ‘Inappropriate Activity’ In Elgin School Bathroom
(STMW) – An 18-year-old man has been charged with videotaping two students who met in an Elgin high school bathroom for an “inappropriate activity,” police said. Steffon L. Pruitt, 18, was charged with...
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Woman Attacked On Gary, Ind. Bike Path
(CBS) – Police in northwest Indiana are searching for a man who knocked a woman off her bike and then tried to rape her earlier this week. It happened on a bike path near Liverpool Road in Gary, a...
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‘Craigslist Rapist’ Gets 36 Years
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A McHenry County judge on Thursday sentenced a Woodstock man to 36 years in prison for raping a woman he met on Craigslist and other websites. Charles Oliver, 46, was accused of...
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Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested In Bolingbrook
(CBS) – Bolingbrook police have arrested an armed robbery suspect in the same town where a string of armed robberies has had residents on edge for weeks. CBS 2’s Brad Edwards reports. Authorities have...
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2 Investigators: Some Trucking Firms On Federal Watch List For Safety Violations
(CBS) – Nationally, the number of people injured or killed in large truck crashes is on the rise. Now the 2 Investigators have learned that 2,500 trucking companies in Illinois are on a so-called...
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Anti-Violence Agency Director Slow To Pass Out Grants, Critics Say
(CBS) – There’s new information about Mayor Emanuel’s privately funded, $50 million anti-violence effort and its executive director. She’s being paid a quarter of a million dollars a year to identify...
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Forget Presidential Library; Some South-Siders Want Trauma Center
(CBS) – What is more vital on Chicago’s South Side? A presidential library named for Barack Obama — or a trauma center, to help victims of violence? It’s a debate that’s heating up, CBS 2’s Mike Parker...
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Holdouts Finally Making The Switch To Ventra
Ventra Switchover Deadline Approaching WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Time is running out to activate new Ventra cards before old CTA and Pace fare cards expire, and finally, those who have...
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15 Shot Across Chicago Since Thursday Afternoon
CHICAGO (STMW) – At least 15 people, including a 56-year-old woman and 67-year-old woman, were wounded in shootings across the city since Thursday afternoon. Most recently, a 25-year-old man walked...
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Illinois College Retirement Board OKs Pension Fix
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The board of the State Universities Retirement System voted Thursday to accept an interpretation of last year’s state-pension reform law that says the law won’t inadvertently cut...
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Big Delay On Interstate 55 After Truck Fire In Romeoville
Updated 05/09/14 – 8:30 a.m. ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (CBS) – Firefighters have extinguished a truck fire in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 in Romeoville, but two lanes are still closed, and traffic is...
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Students Might Miss Graduation Over Slip And Slide Prank
Updated 05/09/14 – 10:15 a.m. ALGONQUIN, Ill. (CBS) – Some students at a northwest suburban high school got into hot water, after pulling a messy prank in the hallways of their school. CBS 2’s Mike...
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