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Chicago Man Shot And Killed In Calumet City
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (STMW) – A 35-year-old South Side man was shot to death in south suburban Calumet City early Thursday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's ...
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Jury Deliberates Whether Trump ‘Conned’ 87-Year-Old Woman
CHICAGO (STMW) – Is Donald Trump a "reprehensible" conman who ripped off an Evanston grandmother and "stole her faith in other people?" Or is the real estate magnate being unfairly sued by a "sophisticated investor" who bought two hotel condos in the Trump Tower "with her eyes wide open" but got buyer's remorse and backed out? Those -- in a ...
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McHenry Officials Warn Of Rental Property Scams
(CBS) – Authorities in McHenry County have warned residents about a housing scam that tricks would-be renters into sending money to rent a place that’s not even on the market. WBBM’s Steve Miller reports it’s a scam where the scammers used to operate mostly in other countries. ';It is no longer just a foreign, overseas scam. It is now becoming a local situation, ...
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Police Warn Of Smart Phone Thefts In Bronzeville
CHICAGO (CBS) – Police are seeking two teenaged thieves, who allegedly stole smart phones twice in the past week on or near 35th Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood, near the IIT ...
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Mavs shopping pick eyeing Howard MAY 23
Mavericks ], with their first lottery draft pick in a dozen years firmly in hand, have their eyes on a bigger prize. Multiple sources have told ESPN.com's Chad Ford ...
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How Oklahoma coach helped save Schaumburg couple
The water heater in the foreground likely played a role in helping save Schaumburg Trustee Frank Kozak and his wife, Char, when they were in Moore, Okla., visiting Char's brother ...
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Comcast debuts WiFi service in Chicago area
Xfinity Wi-F i in the Chicago and suburban area. Comcast customers can access about 100,000 hot spots nationwide, including more than 1,000 in Chicago and the suburbs for free, said company spokesman Jack ...
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Sibling rivalry propels young Palatine filmmakers
The sibling rivalry between Ben and Richard Medina isn't your typical one. Ben, who's Richard's senior by two years and two grades, doesn't hesitate to correct his brother's statement about the evolution of ...
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Lincolnshire boy 2nd in National Geographic Bee
Alex Trebek, center, hosts the 2013 Geography Bee Finals on Wednesday at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lake County's Conrad Oberhaus, right, competes with Sathwik ...
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Report Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony Has Partial Tear In Shoulder
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony has a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder that may require surgery if it doesn’t heal on its own, according to the New York Daily News. An MRI revealed the tear, the Daily News reported. The team previously announced ...
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In 0-3 Hole Rangers Focusing On First Step Against Bruins
Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers makes a save against the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
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1000 Xfinity WI-Fi hotspots on in Chicago
Comcast said Thursday that it has turned on more than 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in the Chicago area for its high-speed Internet customers to connect to while they're on the go.There is no additional charge for Comcast Internet subscribers to access Xfinity Wi-Fi, as the service is called. Comcast is also running a promotion where anyone can use the hotspots for free between May 24 and July 4. ...
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Out since last May Danks starts for Sox on Friday
The White Sox will get a major piece of their rotation back on Friday night, when John Danks takes the ball for the opener of a three-game Interleague series against the Marlins at U.S. Cellular Field. The start comes just more than a year after the left-hander threw his last Major League pitch. Placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 25, 2012, his season ended with arthroscopic surgery on ...
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Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
SPRINGFIELD— - An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address concerns of gun rights advocates who balked last week at a more restrictive Senate concealed carry bill favored by gun control ...
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City vehicle stickers now on sale
Chicago drivers can now make their annual payment for the privilege of keeping a car in the city. City stickers went on sale this week at City Clerk Susana Mendoza's office, online and at some currency exchanges. The stickers also can be purchased through the mail. About 1.3 million drivers will need to buy the stickers, Mendoza said. The current stickers will lapse July 1, but drivers ...
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Decision to spare 4 schools delights some parents
For weeks that became months, parents at Garvey Elementary School protested its possible closing at community meetings, signed petitions and hoped against hope that they wouldn't have to send their children to an unfamiliar building in their Far South Side neighborhood. But in a Chicago Board of Education vote that took just moments Wednesday, the worries of parents at Garvey and three ...
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings. Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett withdrew her recommendation to close four other schools at the last minute as it became ...
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Drama ends as Trump Tower trial goes to jury
On paper it's a rather boring condo dispute, a mundane confrontation between a buyer and seller over clauses buried deep in documents.Throw in Donald Trump, an 87-year-old grandmother and a bruising, theatrical fight between opposing attorneys and it's been as intriguing as an episode of the TV drama "The Good Wife."Tension in the weeklong federal trial in Chicago peaked near ...
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Illinois business urges federal court to lift contraception mandate
Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First Amendment rights. But in an unexpected twist during a hearing on the merits of a preliminary injunction, the lawyer for the federal ...
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Awkward end paves way for Urlachers great ending
Why did it take so long for Brian Urlacher to leave the game?It could have been the pride a world-class athlete needs to become truly great at what he does. It could have been merely mercenary, the desire for another big payday.The end for Urlacher — in limbo for months until he announced his retirement Wednesday — wasn't graceful, but then, life doesn't end gracefully ...
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2 found dead in car in West Englewood
Two men were found dead inside a car Wednesday afternoon in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood. About 3:20 p.m., officers were conducting a well-being check in the 7100 block of South Oakley Avenue and found two bodies, one in the back seat and the other in the trunk, said police Officer Dan O'Brien, citing preliminary information. The victims were adults, but additional ...
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Penny Pritzker to face key senators for Commerce bid
Penny Pritzker, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Pritzker Realty Group LLC and U.S. President Barack Obama's nominee as secretary of commerce, listens as Obama, not pictured, makes an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 2, ...
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Quinn to decide whether birth control must be taught in sex ed classes
SPRINGFIELD— - Illinois public schools that teach sex education would be required to provide students information about birth control under a measure sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a departure from current policy, in which abstinence is the only required curriculum for schools with sex ed classes. The Senate approved it on a 37-21 vote, with 30 needed for ...
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Lawmakers override Quinn on ComEd veto
SPRINGFIELD— - Lawmakers on Wednesday rejected Gov. Pat Quinn's effort to block ComEd from raising rates in exchange for promises to digitize the electrical grid. The House voted 71-44 to override Quinn's veto of the original legislation, which would allow the utility to raise rates by $2.6 billion over 10 years. The override passed the House with the minimum number of votes ...
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Schaumburg couple injured in Oklahoma tornado
Schaumburg Trustee Frank Kozak and his wife, Char, survived a terrifying encounter with the Moore, Okla., tornado when the twister demolished the ranch house where they were staying, their son Steve said Wednesday. The Kozaks were visiting relatives in the Oklahoma City suburb Monday when the enormous funnel cloud formed. Steve Kozak said his parents watched the weather turn savage from the ...
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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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