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Man Charged With Strangling Girlfriend In Humboldt Park Home
UPDATE: 7:25 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was charged Wednesday with strangling his girlfriend during a domestic incident at her Humboldt Park neighborhood home. Daniel Kralik, 31, is charged with one...
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Police Warn Of Streeterville Carjackings, Robbery
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are asking for the public’s help in apprehending two men wanted in connection with a series of carjackings and a robbery in the Streeterville neighborhood in the last week. In...
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Sears Might Sell Canadian Operations
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) – Sears is considering selling its Canadian operations as the retailer looks for ways to prop up its sagging business. The retailer, which operates its namesake stores and...
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TSA Worker Receives ‘Award Of Valor’ For Saving Woman Who Fell On CTA Tracks
CHICAGO (CBS) – A TSA employee who jumped in front of a CTA Blue Line train last month to save a woman who’d fallen on the tracks was being honored by the Department of Homeland Security. WBBM...
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U.S. 41 Reopens In Lake Bluff; Flooding Still A Threat Elsewhere
(CBS) – Though some of the flooding from Monday’s thunderstorms has receded, the Des Plaines River was still overflowing its banks on Wednesday, and the North Branch of the Chicago River was near flood...
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State Reps Want New Study Of O’Hare Noise
O'Hare Noise Complaints Rise With New Runway Pattern WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Two state lawmakers have called for a new study of noise patterns around O’Hare International Airport, due...
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No Bail For Teen Charged With Killing White Sox Vendor
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 17-year-old charged with murder for allegedly crashing into and then fatally shooting a Chicago White Sox vendor last month in the West Town neighborhood will stay behind bars....
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Twister View From Space: Tornadic Storm Over Kansas, Nebraska
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Video images of powerful tornadoes ripping across the plains are stunning and frightening. However, what does a tornadic storm look like from space? That is the view from...
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Deputy Coroner Rescues Family Stranded In Flooded Viaduct
Family Car Gets Stuck In Flooded Viaduct WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – A Lincolnwood family of five is okay today because a Lake County official happened upon them during when a street flooded...
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Volunteers Take Swings At ALS At Daley Plaza Fundraiser
CHICAGO (CBS) – Daley Plaza echoed with the sound of church bells and baseball bats pounding dents on an old car, all for a good cause Wednesday afternoon. WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports volunteers...
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Former City Official Indicted In Red Light Camera Scandal
CHICAGO (CBS) – A former city official has been indicted for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to steer $124 million worth of red light camera contracts to a company that...
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DuPage Considering Lifting Video Gambling Ban
(CBS) — Five years after the DuPage County Board banned video gaming machines, they could soon be coming to an establishment near you, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. The County Board is debating if there...
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State Rep. Calls On Quinn To Fire Private Group Running State Lottery
(CBS) – A state lawmaker is calling on Governor Quinn to fire the company that runs the Illinois lottery, reports WBBM’s Regine Schlesinger. State Representative Jack Franks (D-Marengo) says Northstar...
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Thieves Steal Jewelry, Watches From Lord And Taylor Store In Oakbrook Center
(CBS) – A smash-and-grab at Lord and Taylor in Oakbrook Center early Wednesday morning. Oak Brook Police say it was just before 4:30 in the morning when burglars forced their way into the Lord and...
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The Germans Have Illinois Surrounded
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — There are at least 38 million Americans who speak Spanish in the United States. Those figures are based on a 2011 Census study. The number is likely higher now. So, it...
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CTA Drivers To Begin Asking Passengers To Give Up Seats For Seniors, Disabled...
(CBS) – CTA is turning up the heat a bit on riders who hog priority seating space with strollers when seniors or riders with disabilities are on board. Effective immediately, if a rider in a wheelchair...
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Emanuel Responds To Critics On Schools, Fashion
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been under fire as he serves the final year of his first term in office from editorial writers, voters, even fashion critics. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine...
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How Safe Are Inflatable Bounce Houses?
(CBS) – Inflatable bounce houses are popular for kids’ birthdays and summer block parties, but after one blew away in upstate New York, injuring two young boys, parents are wondering how safe are they?...
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Judge Halts Illinois Pension Overhaul Until Ruling
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Sangamon County judge stopped Illinois’ state pension overhaul law from taking effect Wednesday, issuing a stay on the law until the court can rule on its constitutionality....
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Mariano’s To Open New Store In Bronzville
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mariano’s, the popular grocery store chain now has plans to build another store on Chicago’s South Side, this one in Bronzeville, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore. The new...
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