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This Just In: Bill Gates Does The Dishes
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Bill Gates does the dishes. The founder of Microsoft, which has a massive data center here in Chicago, answered a variety of questions on Reddit on Monday. He also covered...
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Chicagoan Asks Kickstarter To Fund His $8 Project: ‘Graphing The...
CHICAGO (CBS) – Kickstarter is usually the tool artists use to fund their dream projects, asking strangers on the internet to give a little bit of cash to help their big ideas come to fruition....
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Worst Winter Ever? It Sure Seems Like It
CHICAGO (CBS) — It may feel like the worst winter ever, and it is certainly the harshest in decades. Is this really the worst winter on record? And how does one define a bad winter? Extreme cold? Huge...
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Study: Viewing Pictures Of Unhealthy Foods Beneficial For Dieters
(CBS) – Social media sites are filled with photos of delicious meals and sinful desserts. Some experts believe looking at pictures of luscious food could actually help us stay on our diets and help...
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Local Football Coach Predicts Wide Acceptance Of Openly Gay NFL Prospect
(CBS) – An announcement by a top NFL prospect that he is gay will have a positive impact on football, one local coach says. University of Missouri defensive end/linebacker Michael Sam came out over the...
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Water Main Break Leaves Cars Stuck In Ice For Days
CHICAGO (CBS) – These near-zero temperatures have literally left some drivers stuck in the ice in one Chicago neighborhood, where they’ve been for days. CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reports the ice-encased cars...
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Ex-Hospital Worker Gets Probation For Sending Letters To Patients Saying They...
(STMW) – A former Alexian Brothers employee pleaded guilty to forgery Monday, admitting she sent phony letters to patients saying they needed lobotomies — part of a plan to embarrass the hospital for...
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Astronomers Discover Oldest Known Star Created After The Big Bang
(CBS) — Australian Astronomers have come up with a picture of the oldest star ever recorded — a star created shortly after the Big Bang. WBBM’s John Cody has more. play pause Astronomers Discover...
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Missing Hand Not A Disability To Marian Catholic Athlete
(CBS) – Marian Catholic ‘s John Oliver has so much heart, energy and talent you don’t think he’s missing anything. But if you look closely, there’s nothing beyond his wrist besides the beginning of his...
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Residents Complain The City Has Forgotten Their Frozen Alley
(CBS) – They are typically the last areas in Chicago to be plowed: alleyways. But with each snowfall, Chicagoans are becoming stranded. Like Ms. Knight of North Kenwood. She’s a senior citizen and has...
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Hate Winter? Some People Are Literally Allergic To It
(CBS) – Food, grass, medicines. They can all cause allergies. So can the cold weather. For most of us, these bitter temperatures are just an annoying inconvenience. But for others, as CBS 2’s Marissa...
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Authorities Say Craigslist Rapist Assaulted More Victims
(CBS) – A Woodstock man already in custody on multiple rape allegations faces even more charges. The total number of alleged victims has risen from to eight after two additional victims came forward,...
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ICU Nurse Wants To Solve Mystery: Who Carved Heartwarming Message On Snowy...
UPDATE: “Hi Mom” Written In Snow For Mom With Leukemia (CBS) – It was a message written in the snow on the roof of a parking garage across from a Chicago hospital, and now the staff is trying to find...
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Teen Found Wandering In Lakeview Identified
Updated 02/11/13 – 10:30 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Police have identified a teenage boy found wandering the streets in Lakeview overnight. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports the boy, believed to be...
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Trial Nears In Kustok Murder Case
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STMW) – With a week to go before Allan Kustok goes on trial for allegedly murdering his wife, one of his lawyers indicated Monday that he may need more time to review evidence in the...
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Off-Duty Sheriff’s Officer Kills Armed Robber
CHICAGO (CBS) – An off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s officer shot and killed one of three men who robbed him at gunpoint at a gas station in the Pullman neighborhood Monday night. Shortly before 10 p.m.,...
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Mundelein Man Arrested For Urinating In Movie Theater
SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. (STMW) — A Mundelein man was arrested last week at the AMC movie theater in South Barrington for allegedly urinating on the floor inside one of the theaters, police said. After...
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Prosecutor Who “Threw Away” Koschman File Resigns
CHICAGO (STMW) – The prosecutor who declined to charge former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s nephew in the killing of David Koschman — and apparently “threw away” the case file — has left the Cook County...
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Trial Begins For Ex-Cop In Twisted Torture-Murder Plot
CHICAGO (CBS) – The federal trial of an ex-Chicago cop accused of plotting a double murder began Tuesday. Prosecutors say Steve Mandell set up a “torture chamber” on the Northwest Side to commit the...
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IIT Racing Team Hopes Electric Car Can Beat Gas-Powered Rivals
CHICAGO (CBS) – A racing team from the Illinois Institute of Technology is trying to build something radical – a racing car that is powered by electricity, and can beat those using conventional fuels....
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