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Man Fatally Shot On Far South Side
(STMW) -- A man was shot and killed in the Roseland neighborhood on Far South Side Monday evening. The 19-year-old was shot in the abdomen about 5:15 p.m. in the 11300 block of South Edbrooke Avenue,...
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Chicago Police To Get Specialized Training On Domestic Violence Calls
Artistic rendering of the exterior of the WINGS Metro domestic violence shelter planned for the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. (Credit: City of Chicago) CHICAGO (CBS) — Each year, Chicago Police get about...
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Car Crashes Into Rogers Park Nursing Home
This car slammed into a nursing home in Rogers Park. (CBS) CHICAGO (CBS) — A car damaged a North Side Rogers Park nursing home when it crashed into the building early Tuesday. No one was injured in the...
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Northwestern, CPS Team Up To Provide High-Level Academics For Students
CHICAGO (CBS) — Northwestern University is announcing a new program aimed at getting more graduates of the Chicago Public Schools into the Evanston campus. play pause NU Targets CPS Students WBBM...
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Vietnam Vet Wins $12 Million Malpractice Settlement From VA Hospital
play pause Vet Wins Malpractice Suit WBBM Newsradio's Lisa Fielding CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago-area Vietnam veteran will get a $12 million medical malpractice settlement from the federal government....
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Freezer Malfunction Latest Problem For Kane County Morgue
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Kane County coroner says a broken freezer in the morgue is just the latest problem in his underfunded office. It was on Thanksgiving when a deputy coroner discovered a freezer...
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Park Ridge Officer Honored For Life-Saving Heroics
CHICAGO (CBS) — Officer Kenneth King is a life-saver. play pause Police Officer Honored WBBM's Regine Schlesinger Really. And, he was honored for that last night. King, a Park Ridge police officer,...
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2 Dead, Six Wounded In Monday City Violence
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men were killed and at least six other people were hurt in violence across the city Monday. The most recent homicide occurred about 2:30 p.m., when a 19-year-old man was shot to...
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Report Finds Department Failings In Death Of Chicago Firefighter
Herbert “Herbie” Johnson, covered in soot, talks with reporters at a 2006 fire scene. (CBS) CHICAGO (AP) — A report by federal investigators has concluded that poor communication contributed to the...
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Seven People Hurt In Stony Island Crash
Seven people were hurt in an accident on the South Side near Stony Island and East 82nd Street. CHICAGO (CBS) — Seven people were injured in a crash Tuesday morning on the South Side. The three-vehicle...
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Illinois Lawmakers OK Pension Reform Plan
Updated 12/3/13 – 5:50 p.m. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Legislature approved a historic plan Tuesday to eliminate the state’s $100 billion pension shortfall, a vote that proponents described...
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Jail Inmates Get Chance At Career Through Barber School
CHICAGO (CBS) – It has been nearly two years since the Cook County Sheriff’s Department allowed the owner of some local barber colleges to start a barber college in the jail. Today, there are some...
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Chicago Dominates List Of America’s Best Doughnuts
CHICAGO (CBS) – It might not be the first food you think about when you’re listing Chicago’s best eats, but the Windy City boasts four of the top 25 doughnuts in a ranking from one of the nation’s...
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Emanuel Has ‘Full Confidence’ In Claypool, Despite Ventra Problems
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel gave a vote of confidence to CTA President Forrest Claypool on Tuesday, despite the laundry list of problems that have plagued the rollout of the new Ventra fare...
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Registration Effort Aimed At Getting Chicago High School Students To Vote
CHICAGO (CBS) – With 17-year-old’s now eligible to vote in Illinois, there’s going to be a massive registration effort in the schools ahead of the March primaries. To hear Brian Brady tell it, “Kids...
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Blagojevich Defense Team Files Final Brief On Appeal
CHICAGO (AP) – Rod Blagojevich’s lawyers laid out a final set of arguments in writing before they step before appellate judges next week to argue that the imprisoned ex-governor deserves a new trial....
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Police Search For Missing North Suburban Woman
Anne Stroll (photo from Gurnee police) GURNEE, Ill. (CBS) — Search teams are deployed again along the Des Plaines River, near the Illinois-Wisconsin state line, looking for a woman who disappeared...
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Metra Seeks Delay In Deadline For New Safety System, Citing Cost
CHICAGO (CBS) – In the wake of a deadly train crash in New York that might have been the result of an operator falling asleep at the wheel, officials at Metra were warning they might not be able to...
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What Will Mariano’s Purchase Of 11 Dominick’s Stores Mean For Prices?
CHICAGO (CBS) – With the Mariano’s grocery store chain set to take over 11 Dominick’s locations that were scheduled to close this month, many customers have been left wondering what they can expect...
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Orland Park Residents Line Up To Claim Tax Rebate
ORLAND PARK, Ill. (CBS)– It may be the season of giving, but you usually don’t expect your village hall to be doling out the gifts. That’s what’s happening in Orland Park. As Roseanne Tellez reports,...
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