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College Student Shot In Cellphone Robbery Dies
CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Side college student who was shot despite handing his cellphone over to two robbers died Saturday, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Kevin Baker, 19, was pronounced dead at...
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Outdoor Enthusiasts Pack McCormick Place For Chicago Boat, Sports & RV Show
CHICAGO (CBS) – Nearly 50,000 people are expected to attend the 2014 Progressive Insurance Chicago Boat, Sports & RV Show and many outdoor enthusiasts are ready to buy now that the economy is more...
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2 Dead, 1 Hurt In Crash; Slippery Roads Likely A Factor
MANHATTAN, Ill. (STMW) — Snow and slippery roads likely played a role in two-vehicle crash in the southwest suburbs Saturday that left two people dead and one person injured, police said. A Dodge...
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Chicago Woman Among 21 Killed In Afghanistan Terrorist Attack
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago woman is one of 21 killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan on Friday. 27-year-old Lexie Kamerman was killed at a Lebanese restaurant as a suicide attacker detonated...
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IIT Researchers Using Smart Phones To Study Seasonal Depression
CHICAGO (CBS) – Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago are hoping your smartphone can help them decode the mysteries of seasonal depression. IIT psychology professor Michael...
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2 Shot To Death In Apparent Home Invasion On South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men were shot to death following an apparent home invasion Sunday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood. The names of the two victims have yet to be released, but a source with...
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Car Crashes In To Northwest Side School, Destroys Front Entrance
CHICAGO (STMW) – A car crashed in to a small school Sunday morning in the Northwest Side Belmont Cragin neighborhood, destroying part of the building’s exterior. The car rammed in to the building’s...
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Northeastern University Students Killed Following Crash In Texas
DALLAM COUNTY, Texas (STMW) – Two Northeastern Illinois University students were killed Friday in a motor vehicle crash involving a Freightliner truck while travelling to a leadership conference for...
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Man Shot While Shoveling Snow On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was shot while he was shoveling snow in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood Sunday morning. The man, thought to be in his 20s, was shoveling outside his girlfriend’s house in...
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Temperatures To Plunge Again, Will Stay Near Zero Most Of Week
CHICAGO (STMW) – Though the polar vortex has returned north, temperatures in the Chicago area are expected to hover near zero throughout much of next week, with wind chills dipping as low as minus-25....
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Protesters Call For West Side Plant To Be Punished For Polluting
CHICAGO (CBS) – Protesters want environmental watchdogs to punish a manufacturer on Chicago’s West Side that they say is polluting, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. Bway’s plant in Little Village where the...
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Police: Fake Cops Conning Streeterville Seniors
CHICAGO (STMW) — Police are cautioning senior citizens who live in the Streeterville neighborhood after two men posed as police officers to con residents out of “large” amounts of money. In the two...
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Female Hospitalized After North Side Barricade Situation
CHICAGO (CBS/STMW) – A female was hospitalized following a barricade situation Sunday afternoon in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side. Officers were called to a domestic disturbance in the...
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Evanston Officer’s Rescue Effort Earns National Award
EVANSTON, Ill. (STMW) – Police officer Sean O’Brien, credited with the dramatic rescue of a boy from the frigid Des Plaines River last year, has been named Officer of the Month by the National Law...
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Bensenville Convenience Store Clerk Slain During Robbery
Updated 01/20/14 – 5:30 p.m. BENSENVILLE, Ill. (CBS) – A convenience store clerk was shot and killed during a robbery in northwest suburban Bensenville on Sunday. Detectives spent the night piecing...
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Railroad Officer Beaten At South Side Metra Stop
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Norfolk Southern police officer remains hospitalized after he was choked and beaten Sunday night at a Metra station on the South Side. The incident occurred about 10:25 p.m. at the...
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Car Catches Fire After Crashing Into South Suburban Home
CHICAGO (STMW) – A four-door sedan caught fire after crashing into a home in south suburban Dolton late Sunday. The incident occurred about 11:30 p.m. in the 200 block of East 141st Street after a...
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Man Charged With Fatally Stabbing Wife’s Pit Bull
CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Chicago man allegedly stabbed his wife’s pit bull to death Friday after the dog intervened in a physical fight between the couple. Raymond Rodgers, 36, of the 8200 block of...
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Man Charged With Fatal Shooting In Chicago Lawn
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Bronzeville man was ordered held without bail Sunday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man earlier this month in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Devon Clark, 19,...
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Indiana Police: Potholes May Have Led To Latest Road-Rage Shooting In Gary
GARY, Ind. (CBS) — For the second time in less than a week, Indiana State Police are investigating a road rage shooting on an interstate. Both happened on I-80/94 in Gary. The first was Wednesday. The...
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