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Restaurant Owners Support Cutting Ethanol Requirement To Help Food Prices
WBBM 780’s Steve Miller WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Restaurant owners in Chicago say the federal government needs to help stop the rising cost of food. The price we all pay at the store...
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Chicago Files Lawsuit Against Drugmakers Accused Of Deceptive Marketing
CHICAGO (CBS) – The City of Chicago is suing five pharmaceutical companies for what officials call deceptive marketing of powerful painkillers, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore. The...
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Minimum Wage Panel To Hold Public Hearing Monday Evening
CHICAGO (CBS) – As the City of Seattle starts to raise its minimum wage to $15-an hour, Mayor Emanuel’s hand-picked panel is preparing to hold its first public hearing on how Chicago might raise the...
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McCarthy: South Shore Laundromat Shooting Appears To Be Gang Related
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said the motive in a South Shore shooting that left six people wounded, including two teens, appears to be gang violence. The gunman approached the...
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Man Guilty In 2009 Murder Of Ex-Fiancée’s Family
ROLLING MEADOWS (CBS) –Jurors in a suburban courtroom found a man guilty this afternoon in the stabbing deaths of three members of his fiancée’s family. D’Andre Howard’s defense team argued insanity...
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Crash Halts Dan Ryan Traffic For Hours
(CBS) –A multi-vehicle accident shut down the outbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway Tuesday afternoon. It all started with a chain reaction crash involving a truck hauling paper which plowed into a...
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Construction Causes Headaches For Aurora Business
(CBS) — When a major construction project began on Route 59 in Aurora, Kristin McNabb was already getting calls from her students. “I had girls calling frustrated crying, asking for their money back...
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Jurors Hear Tape Of Lawmaker Allegedly Counting Bribe Money
CHICAGO (AP) – Jurors at an Illinois lawmaker’s bribery trial have heard a secret FBI recording in which the Chicago Democrat appears to accept a $7,000 bribe — counted out in seven, $1,000 stacks....
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State’s Attorney Files Lawsuit Against Travel Club Marketers
(CBS) – The Cook County State’s Attorney thinks if the envelope says: “Congratulations, you are a winner,” you should actually win something besides a sales pitch, reports WBBM’s John Cody. The State’s...
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Man Killed In North Lawndale Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man died after he was shot in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side Tuesday afternoon. The man, 21, was shot in the abdomen just before 1:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of West...
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Metra Removes Two Engineers After Incidents On Rock Island Line
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Metra engineers are removed from duty after what passengers describe as wild rides on the Rock Island Line. They describe two incidents — one just on Monday — when trains suddenly...
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Gary School Board Votes To Close Six Schools
(CBS) — Big changes are in store for the Gary school system and more than 2,000 students. Prompted by big budget deficits, the school board is closing six of its 17 schools. The board voted to close...
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Suspect Wounded In Police-Involved Shooting Zion
(CBS) – In far north suburban Zion, a busy roadway became the scene of a police involved shooting. The incident happened at about 3:51 p.m. in the area of 26th Street and Lewis Avenue. Police wounded...
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South Shore Residents Hold Anti-Violence Rally In Wake Of Shooting
CHICAGO (CBS) — Residents of the South Shore neighborhood took to the streets Tuesday, one night after a shooting at a laundromat wounded six people. Monday night Chicago police descended on 79th &...
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Wisconsin Girls Charged In Friend’s Stabbing Claim Inspiration From Website
(CBS) — In a crime that shocked the nation, two 12-years-old Wisconsin girls are accused of stabbing their best friend and they may have been influenced by a website. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier...
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Assault Suspect Arrested After Barricading Himself In Dolton Home
DOLTON, Ill. (STMW) – A man suspected of armed assault in Indiana barricaded himself for nearly five hours in a south suburban home before surrendering to authorities Tuesday evening. About 1:30 p.m.,...
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Woman Killed After Crashing Pickup Into Median In Rolling Meadows
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (STMW) – A Rolling Meadows woman was killed Tuesday night when the truck she was driving crashed into a median in the northwest suburb. Tiffany Ensalaco, 34, was driving a blue...
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Man Shot And Killed In North Lawndale
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man died after he was shot within one block of his home in the North Lawndale neighborhood Tuesday afternoon on the West Side. Darrien Jordan, 21, was shot in the abdomen just before...
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Man Charged With DUI After Fatally Striking Panhandler
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man is facing DUI charges after he fatally struck a panhandler early Sunday in the West Town neighborhood. Manuel Guerrero-Lopez, 26, of the 8100 block of South Kostner Avenue, faces...
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Chicago Area Dodges Worst Of Midwest Storms
Updated 06/04/14 – 11:03 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Though some rain was moving through the Chicago area Wednesday morning, the worst of a damaging storm system passed well south of the city and suburbs...
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