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PAWS Chicago Oklahoma Pet Rescue Windy City Shelter Saves 76 Pets From Tornado-Torn State
Thanks to PAWS Chicago, the lives of 76 pets (51 dogs and 25 cats) have have been rescued from tornado-torn Oklahoma. Volunteers with the no-kill ...
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Man Wanted For Attempted Sexual Assault On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are searching for man who attempted to sexually assault a woman in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Friday morning. Police said the man tried to sexually assault a woman about 7:45 Friday in the 4800 block of South Seeley Avenue after she had pulled over her vehicle to tend to a problem it was having, according an alert from Area Central ...
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Noise From Music Fest At Chicagoland Speedway Has Neighbors Up In Arms
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – It’s an electronic dance music festival, not race cars, making noise this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet. And as WBBM’s Bob Roberts reports, some people are up in arms about ...
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House Extends Deadline to Consider Gay Marriage Bill
already passed the Senate , but a lack of votes kept it stalled in the House. Gov. Quinn said as recently as Monday that he wil lsign the bill and thinks there are enough votes to get the bill onto his ...
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Andris Biedrins exercises option to stay with Golden State MAY 25
Warriors will be forced to pay him $9 million for his services, or lack there of. 2013-2014 will be the final year of Biedrins' six-year, $54 million contract that he signed back in 2008. At 27 years of age, he could opt out of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent, but according to his agent Bill Duffy, he will ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 25
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...
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Roseland Hospital Cuts Staff Salaries To Keep Doors Open
CHICAGO (STMW) – As it waits to hear if it'll receive a $7 million bailout to stay open, Roseland Community Hospital laid off almost 70 employees, and other hospital employees will take a pay cut. The 68 people who were eliminated this week included lab and radiology clerks, secretaries, emergency room nurses and managers, Roseland hospital staff said. An additional 47 employees ...
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Luol Deng not planning to have surgery on wrist MAY 25
Luol Deng is not planning to have surgery this offseason to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist. Deng first injured the wrist in the middle of last season, but he elected to play through it and decided to opt-out of surgery in the offseason in order to represent Great Britain in the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Deng then played through this season with the wrist issue to go along with a ...
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Panetta praises devotion of US service members
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service ...
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Robbie Rogers to Return to Soccer Not in Chicago
Robbie Rogers #18 of the Columbus Crew during a game against the Colorado Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on October 27, 2011 in Commerce City, Colorado. The Rapids defeated the Crew 1-0 to advance to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals against Sporting Kansas City. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty ...
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Gay Soccer Player Robbie Rogers Joins LA Galaxy After Trade With Fire
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports. He told The Associated Press his fears about returning to soccer were eased by the strong support he received from family, fans and players, including Galaxy star Landon Donovan. Now Rogers is ready to accept his role as the league’s ...
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Dems divided on big issues as end of session nears
As the clock ticks down toward the end of the session Friday, Democrats are disagreeing among themselves on some of the biggest issues still on the ...
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Activists angry over coal mine reclamation process
MURDOCK, Ill. (AP) -- Activists upset with the pace of reclamation at an eastern Illinois coal mine are pressing the Department of Natural Resources to block the site's owner from extending its reclamation permit for another five ...
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Basketball Steven Adams tipped for Chicago Bulls
New Zealand teenager Steven Adams is tipped to be as high as a top 20 pick in the NBA's much-anticipated draft next month. He is regarded as an extremely raw prospect but has a physical profile that has excited pundits and experts in the United States. The NBA draft, which plays out on June 28, sees NBA teams select a total of 60 players from a list of college stars and international prospects. ...
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Motorist Dies After Aurora Crash
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – A motorist is dead after being ejected from a vehicle that left the roadway and flipped over early Saturday in west suburban Aurora. Andrew Kusper was driving a 2002 BMW sedan west on 75th Street at 3:45 a.m. when he missed a curve at Ogden Avenue (Route 34) and left the roadway, Aurora police ...
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Paul George earns respect of LeBron James MAY 25
Chris Andersen . James responded by draining a 30-foot heave at the buzzer. After the breathtaking sequence, James approached George and slapped hands with him, telling ...
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Monty Williams endorses Mike Malone for head coaching job MAY 25
Clippers want to do everything in their power to convince the star point guard to re-sign. Hiring Malone - now an assistant under Mark Jackson in Golden State - would seem to be a good start, and Williams believes it would be a solid hire. "You don't know what it takes to get a job. It's not just about basketball all the time. But I just hope, I hope that he gets a job soon," ...
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Peoria testing prescription drug disposal program
The idea is to limit the abuse of prescription medicines by getting people to dispose of them and reduce the chances the drugs will be stolen and misused. Organizers hope it will also lower the risk of accidental poisoning for those who were originally prescribed the ...
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Portage Theater Closes Over Liquor Dispute
Ald. John Arena allegedly blocked current owner Eddie Carranza’s inheritance of theater’s liquor license after reviewing Carranza’s rocky history with the Congress Theater, according ...
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Mount Prospect Man Falls To Death From Albany Park Roof
CHICAGO (STMW) — A Mount Prospect man fell to his death from a roof in Albany Park Friday afternoon. About 5 p.m., the man was working on a building in the 4400 block of North Bernard Street when he fell, authorities ...
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New Kings owners considering front-office changes MAY 25
Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie on Thursday. Petrie's contract expires at the end of June. Ranadive said there will be an urgency in sorting out the basketball operations. Besides Petrie, a decision has to be made on coach Keith Smart. While the rest of the coaching staff is not under contract for next season, Smart's contract runs through the 2013-14 ...
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Iranian student at Chicago film school wins Cannes short film prize
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh won $19,500 for her work on the 21-minute movie "Needle," about a sixth-grade girl torn between her divorcing parents, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. "Piano" director Jane Campion served as the jury president of the Cinefondation short film competition. Ghazvinizadeh had previously directed the short film "When the Kid Was a Kid" ...
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Chicago safety-net hospital lays off 68 employees
CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago hospital that treats a large number of uninsured patients has laid off nearly 70 employees, including emergency room ...
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Video Guard appears to shove student down stairs
It appears to show the guard striking 16-year-old Lauren Goodlow on a stairwell landing, pushing her against a wall and then shoving her down a lower flight of ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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