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Chicago Gasoline Prices Spike To Highest Levels In Six Months
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) – Gasoline prices in Chicago are at their highest levels in six months. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $3.89, nearing the six-month high of...
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Doobie Brothers, Boston Headline June Concert On Montrose Beach
CHICAGO (CBS) — Tickets go on sale this Friday for a beachfront concert featuring The Doobie Brothers and Boston. The Summer Concert On The Beach is scheduled for June 21 starting at 6:30 p.m. at...
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Businessman Shot Over The Weekend Had Been Collecting Rent
(CBS) – A businessman fatally shot over the weekend on the South Side was carrying rent money he had just collected, tenants say. Herbert L. Goode was shot multiple times on Saturday afternoon in the...
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Lake Michigan 90 Percent Covered In Ice, Equals Highest Level Ever
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — After having a meltdown early last week, Lake Michigan is now just over 90 percent covered in ice, which equals the highest levels ever recorded. The lake was also just...
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Temps Still Too Cold For Chicago Area Maple Trees To Start Dripping Sap
(CBS) — The time is right but not the temperature for Chicagoland Sugar Maples to start dripping their sap into collecting buckets to make syrup. Environmental educator Jennifer Berlinghof says the...
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Curie Allowed To Play In State Tournament
(CBS) After forfeiting its city title and 24 regular-season wins because it used seven ineligible players, the Curie High School boys’ basketball team will be allowed to play in the IHSA state...
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Northwestern Professor Fears Russia’s ‘Appetite’ For Territory Will Grow
(CBS) – Tensions in the Ukraine are rising both on land and on sea. The ripples continue to be felt in Chicago. Russian President Vladmir Putin showed no signs of backing down Monday, as Russian...
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Family Backs ‘Kill Switch’ Requirement For Smart Phones, To Deter Thefts
(CBS) – The family of a Wheaton woman who was killed for her smart phone two years ago is pushing legislation that would discourage similar crimes. CBS 2’s Courtney Gousman reports. Megan Boken’s...
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Marijuana Commercials Could Start Airing In Chicago Area
CHICAGO (CBS) – Marijuana ads could run here in May and June via Chicago’s largest cable provider. CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker takes a look at them in this original report, and you decide if you want to buy...
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Mel Reynolds, In Hiding, Complains Media Ran With Trumped-Up African Porn...
play pause Mel Reynolds Gives His Side Of The Story WBBM Newsradio's Terry Keshner (CBS) – Disgraced former Congressman Mel Reynolds says he is in hiding in South Africa following his deportation from...
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Burr Ridge Mansion Sustains $1.7M In Fire Damage
(STMW) – A fire at a large home in Burr Ridge home caused more than $1.7 million in damage Monday afternoon. The Tri-State Fire Protection District was called to the home in the 9400 block of Falling...
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Two Years After Stroke, Sen. Kirk Making Strides
(CBS) – It’s been just over 2 years since a stroke nearly took Mark Kirk’s life and a year since his return to Washington. Only now is Kirk really hitting his stride. Not physically – not yet, anyway....
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Man Critically Wounded In Calumet Heights Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot in the neck in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood Monday night. Police responded to a call about a person shot in the 9200 block of South Stony Island Avenue...
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No Bond For Suspect In Fatal South Side Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man charged with fatally shooting an 18-year-old man in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood on the South Side was ordered held without bond Monday. Brion M. Dowdell, 22, of the 8300...
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Man Found Dead With ‘Trauma To The Body’ On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was found dead with “trauma to the body” on the South Side Monday afternoon. About 3:45 p.m., 36-year-old Carlos Evans was found lying between two parked vehicles in the 8300...
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No Bond For Man Charged In Washington Heights Murder
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man charged in a barbershop shooting that left a man critically wounded in the Washington Heights neighborhood was ordered held without bond Monday. Ideary Mooney, 38, faces one...
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Man Charged After Cops Thwart Armed Carjacking
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Bellwood man was charged with an armed carjacking Monday morning in the South Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. Darius Walker, 24, got into a gray Oldsmobile Alero sedan and...
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About 100 Concealed Carry Permits Denied Based On Objections
(STMW) – A state licensing board has rejected about half of the concealed carry applications it has reviewed based on law enforcement objections — but those applications represent a tiny fraction of...
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Alzheimer’s Buddy Program Pairs Patients, Students
CHICAGO (AP) — At age 80, retired Chicago physician and educator Dan Winship is getting a bittersweet last chance to teach about medicine — only this time he’s the subject. In the early stages of...
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McCarthy Warns Of Dangers From Concealed Carry Law
CHICAGO (CBS) – As the state’s first permits to carry concealed firearms began arriving in the mail this week, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy was warning of potentially deadly consequences from...
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