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Emanuel, Mayoral Colleagues: Washington Ignores Big Cities
CHICAGO (AP) — Mayors of some of America’s biggest cities said Thursday that cities, not Washington, D.C., are driving the country’s economic growth. Bill de Blasio of New York, Eric Garcetti of Los...
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City Work Crews Finally Free Car Stuck In Block Of Ice
play pause Bronzeville Car Freed From ICe WBBM Newsradio's Terry Keshner (CBS) – A frozen car in the Bronzeville neighborhood is finally free. Andy and Amy Ralston’s Honda Accord had been stuck in ice...
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Family Claims Elementary Teacher Struck Student, 12
(CBS) – A Chicago family says a Fiske Elementary School teacher struck a 12-year-old boy earlier this week. CBS 2’s Pamela Jones reports. Malcolm Woodhouse says his teacher threw a tantrum. His dad,...
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Two Years After Son’s Murder, Mother Waits For Resolution
(CBS) – A mother, desperate to find her son’s killer, says she’s done waiting for police to solve the crime. More than two years after her son, Harry Rodriguez, was shot at his own birthday party,...
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Is It Ill-Advised For Doctors To Google Their Patients?
(CBS) – It’s human nature to want information, especially when picking a new doctor. But how would you feel if your doctor Googled you? CBS2′s Marissa Bailey explains more about this new, controversial...
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Woman Dead Following Woodstock Fire
(STMW) — An elderly woman died and a Woodstock home was destroyed after a residential fire Thursday evening, fire authorities said. About 7:30 p.m., the Woodstock Fire Rescue District responded to a...
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Feds: Man Called Cops After Drugs Were Seized
(CBS) – Some criminals aren’t too smart. A Chicago-area man is under federal indictment after he allegedly imported synthetic marijuana — then reported it stolen to police. Hisham Alkahla allegedly...
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Gary Cop Rejects Plea Deal In Drug Trafficking Case
GARY, Ind. (STMW) – Gary Patrolman Marla Guye rejected a plea deal that would have included little or no jail time, opting for a June 16 trial in Lincoln County, Okla. If convicted of drug trafficking,...
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Woman Stabbed In Wicker Park
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman was stabbed several times early Friday in the Wicker Park neighborhood. The incident happened about 2:10 a.m. in the 1500 block of North Damen Avenue after the woman — thought...
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Judge: More Time Needed For Accused Killer’s Psych Exam
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STMW) – Five months to the day after she allegedly brutally killed her 6-month-old granddaughter, Alfreda Giedrojc found herself back in court Thursday. The Oak Lawn woman, 62, is...
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Veteran-Owned Beer Company Partners With Losch Beverage
LAKE VILLA, Ill. (STMW) – A north suburban beer distributor in Lake Villa will roll out the barrel for a veteran-owned and operated recent start-up aimed to become a preeminent beverage enterprise and...
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Prosecutors Rest Case Against Kustok; Defense Calls Expert Witness
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (CBS) – The prosecution rested in the murder trial of Orland Park busienssman Allan Kustok Thursday afternoon, but the defense did not, as expected, immediately call the alleged...
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Flight From Chicago To Kansas City Searched After Bomb Threat
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An official says an American Airlines flight from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport was taken to a remote area at Kansas City International Airport and searched after it landed because...
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Teen Struck, Killed By Metra Train On Northwest Side
Updated 03/07/14 – 12:27 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A 17-year-old boy who attended Taft High School was struck and killed by a Metra train on Friday, just blocks away from school. Erik Lucansky, 17, was...
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Republican Lawmakers Want To End Special State Funding For CPS
play pause GOP Lawmakers Want To Eliminate Special Funding Source For CPS WBBM Newsradio's Craig Dellimore SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – Some Republican lawmakers have renewed an effort to end one of the...
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Police Investigate Whether Rope At UIC Was Hate Crime Or Prank
CHICAGO (CBS) — The police at the University of Illinois at Chicago are investigating to see if a rope hanging over a fence was intended as racial intimidation–or a prank. play pause UIC Investigation...
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More Chemotherapy As Cancer Returns For Cardinal George
UPDATED: 3/7/14 11:11 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Cardinal Francis George will undergo a new round of aggressive chemotherapy, after his doctors found fresh signs of cancer surrounding his right kidney. CBS 2...
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Thawing Temps Bringing Fresh Potholes To City Streets
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago drivers can’t be blamed for feeling a bit of collective angst as a bumper crop of potholes has turned many streets into the seeming equivalent of an off-road adventure through a...
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Woman Killed When Gun Left In Clothes Goes Off At Thrift Store
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Washington Heights thrift store employee died Friday after a small gun hidden in discarded clothing accidentally went off and fatally wounded her. The victim, 54, had been sorting...
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Hyde Park Salon Fighting Eviction Amid Neighborhood Revival
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Hyde Park business owner is hoping for the best when she goes to court Monday to fight an eviction action from an organization that buys and sells property for the University of...
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