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Macy’s Among Retailers Staying Open Through Christmas Eve
CHICAGO (CBS) – It’s getting down to the wire as Chicagoans try to wrap up their Christmas shopping in the next couple of days. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger checked out Macy’s flagship store on...
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Former Astronaut Re-Enacts Apollo 8 Broadcast At MSI
CHICAGO (CBS) — A special moment in space exploration, was re-visited this morning in Chicago. Apollo 8 astronaut James Lovell helped re-enact the famous Christmas Eve broadcast as the capsule orbited...
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Driver Questioned After Boy, 4, Killed In Dan Ryan Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – Authorities are questioning a motorist in a distracted driving crash that killed a 4-year-old Texas boy Sunday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway. Four children and two adults were...
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Holiday Push On For Charity Donations
CHICAGO (CBS) – Charitable organizations are making their traditional push for donations as the year comes to a close. Daniel Borochoff of the independent watchdog group CharityWatch said charitable...
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Two Hurt, One Critically, In Highland Park Fire
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (STMW) – Two men — including one rescued unconscious from a smoke-filled basement — were hurt in a house fire early Saturday in north suburban Highland Park. Firefighters first...
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Chicago-Hub Amtrak Trains To Get Free Internet
CHICAGO (AP) – Amtrak trains operating out of Chicago to points across Illinois and the Midwest will soon offer free Internet access. The passenger train company says Wi-Fi will be installed on the...
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As Christmas Tree Lots Start To Close, Workers Reflect On Season
CHICAGO (CBS) — Most of the smaller Christmas tree lots are closed by now. But WBBM’s Steve Miller found one on the North Side that’s in its final day – and as employees dismantled the lot, they...
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Woman Killed, Man Wounded In West Pullman Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A woman was killed and a man was wounded in a shooting Monday afternoon in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. The shooting happened about 12:35 p.m. in the 11700...
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ComEd To Send Crews To Michigan After Storm Left Thousands Without Power
(CBS) — About 30 ComEd workers will be spending the holidays in Michigan – helping their counterparts there – now that at least 200,000 homes are without power after a winter storm tore through the...
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Woman’s Remains Identified In McHenry County, Man Charged
(STMW) – A man has been charged after the skeletal remains of a woman were discovered in his northwest suburban home in McHenry County. The Illinois State Police Crime Lab identified the remains...
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Non-Emergency Roadwork Suspended During Holidays
(STMW) – In an effort to reduce traffic throughout the holidays, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced Monday that all non-emergency roadwork will be temporarily suspended and lanes will...
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Affordable Care Act Could Have An Impact On Local Health Clinics
CHICAGO (CBS) – Health clinics that serve the poor could become an unintended casualty of the Affordable Care Act. Will their patients still turn to the clinic once they have coverage? CBS 2′s Derrick...
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‘Letters to Santa’ Couple Reaches More Families This Year
(CBS) — They will break your heart: the letters to Santa Claus collected every year by the post office. One local couple takes a stack of letters and plays Santa throughout the city. This year, that...
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Three Family Members Hospitalized After North Side Hit-And-Run
(CBS) – Three members of one family remain hospitalized after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. It happened around 8:35 p.m. Sunday in the 2500 block of West Devon Avenue in the West Rogers Park...
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Sandwich Shop Fires Its Employees — By Email — Right Before Christmas
CHICAGO (CBS) — Employees of a River North sandwich shop received the ultimate lump of coal Sunday night, right before Christmas: They were all fired. The news came impersonally, via email, with a...
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Friends, Family Hold Vigil For 11-Year-Old Killed In Carjacking
CHICAGO (CBS) — A little boy’s school has become a place for his family and friends to express sorrow, and heartache. The community rallied around a family torn apart by tragedy at a candle light...
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A Week Later, Some Chihuahuas Rescued From Cramped Apartment Doing Better
(CBS) – There are encouraging signs for some of the 30 dogs rescued last week from a cramped apartment in North Chicago. New pictures of a few of the Chihuahuas show them recovering at a rescue center...
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Metal Plant Worker Injured By Two Tons Of Steel
(CBS) – A worker at a far north suburban metal plant was seriously hurt Monday afternoon when more than 2 tons of metal fell on him, Libertyville fire officials say. It happened at the Metalex plant in...
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Former City Of Chicago Comptroller Pleads Guilty In Kickback Case
(STMW) – Former City of Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad pleaded guilty Monday to being part of a large kickback and money-laundering scheme when he was Ohio’s deputy state treasurer — crimes for which...
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Man Fatally Shot In Logan Square
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was fatally shot in the Logan Square neighborhood Monday evening, police said. Alexander Rodriguez, 22, of the 2200 block of North Reta Avenue, suffered gunshot wounds to the...
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