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Pedestrian crossing closed at Lake Forest Metra stop
Union Pacific Railroad recently closed the pedestrian crossing at the downtown Metra station in Lake Forest in an attempt to improve safety, according to railroad and city officials. Mark Davis, a Union Pacific spokesman, said an engineering team removed the crossing and extended over it the wire fence that runs between the two tracks May 18. He explained that railroad officials deemed it a ...
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Revised deal still a gain for parking meter vendor analysis finds
Chicago Tribune City Hall reporter Hal Dardick discusses the proposed amendments to parking meter deal that was entered under former Mayor Richard Daley. (Posted: May 24, ...
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Birdman Flying High For The Heat
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – While the majority of the focus of the thrilling Heat victory in Game 1 will be on LeBron James’ incredible play at the end of the game, there’s another player who was just as key to the Heat getting the win to open the series: Chris Andersen. Andersen set a career high with field goals made and points by going 7-7 and scoring 16 points in the Heat’s ...
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Store Owner Kidnapped In Pilsen SUV Stolen
The owner of a shop in Pilsen was kidnapped and forced into his own SUV as he was closing the store early Friday. The suspects stole his SUV after dropping him off in nearby Stickney. (Credit: ...
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Ten Foot Mailbag Ditka’s Number And Urlacher’s Reality Show
the Bears will be retiring Hall of Fame tight end and former head coach Mike Ditka's number 89 jersey on Dec. 9 when the team takes on Ditka's other former team, the Dallas Cowboys, on Monday Night Football. Chicago Tribune Bears beat reporter Brad Biggs told The Mully and Hanley Show Friday morning that the jersey retirement has nothing to do with Urlacher's retirement, and it ...
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Bulls’ Tedeschi Voted NBA Trainer Of The Year
(CBS) Fair or not, the Bulls’ training staff has a received some criticism over the last few seasons. Some of it has even come from Bulls players. So you might be surprised by this news: Bulls trainer Fred Tedeschi has been named NBA Athletic Trainer of the ...
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Cantankerous Critic ‘Hangover III’ Just Another Pointless Sequel
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Chicago man charged in Wisconsin elder abuse case
Wisconsin State Journal reports. The 35-year-old Chicago man was arrested by Milton police Thursday on a tentative charge of abuse of an individual at risk and one of the allegations is that he left the elderly man in a soiled diaper for more than one day. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...
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Man Found Shot To Death In Zion Supermarket Parking Lot
ZION, Ill. (STMW) – A man was shot to death in a north suburban supermarket parking lot Thursday afternoon, police said. Police responded to calls of shots fired about 4:34 p.m. and found the man, whose age and identity were not immediately released, shot in the front seat of a vehicle in the 2800 block of Sheridan Road, according to a statement from the Zion Police ...
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Photo Shepkowski Wearing A Red Wings Jersey Today
(WSCR) Nick Shepkowski isn’t happy with Jonathan Toews after the captain took three penalties in less than six minutes last night and failed to score in the Blackhawks’ 2-0 loss to the Red Wings. So now he’s being a real troll. Shep showed up for today’s McNeil And Spiegel Show wearing a Detroit Red Wings’ Steve Yzerman jersey because Yzerman was another captain ...
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School Warns Parents Of Kidnapping Attempt On Playground
CHICAGO (CBS) – An elementary school on the North Side has warned parents to keep a close eye on their kids, after a man tried to snatch a boy from the school playground. CBS 2's Susanna Song reports a man tried to abduct a 4th grader from the playground at Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School at 3730 N Oakley Ave on Wednesday, according to a letter sent out by the ...
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Batavia updating cemetery code to match state law on care finances
The city of Batavia takes great pride in the upkeep of its two cemeteries, Mayor Jeff Schielke says. West Batavia Cemetery, above, is on Batavia Avenue. East Batavia Cemetery on Washington ...
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8-foot chaparral sculpture finds home at College of DuPage
An 8-foot sculpture of a chaparral has been installed on the College of DuPage campus in Glen Ellyn. The bronze depiction of the college's mascot is the latest piece in the college's marketing ...
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Moving Picture Conservation guru promotes land stewardship
Nestled along Knoch Knolls Road in southwest Naperville is a 60-acre oasis of fertile open space surrounded by all the trappings of suburban life. Called McDonald Farm, the site is home to the Conservation Foundation, an organization established in 1972 that now has roughly 5,000 members and donors dedicated to balancing preservation and ...
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Will Ditka’s Number Be The Last One Retired
(CBS) When Mike Ditka’s No. 89 is retired in December, the Bears will have a total of 14 numbers retired, the most in the NFL. But will it be the ...
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Protests Against School Closings Continue
CHICAGO (CBS) – Parents and other community members met outside a West Side school Friday morning, in an effort to make sure Chicago Public Schools officials and the mayor hear what they have to say about the closing of 49 elementary schools. WBBM Newsradio's Dave Berner reports more than a dozen people came out for the protest rally outside Edward Delano Elementary School, which is ...
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Principal Camps Out On Roof After Students Meet Reading Goals
CHICAGO (CBS) – The principal of an elementary school on the North Side came down from the roof Friday morning, after he spent the night there when students accomplished a goal he'd set for them. WBBM Newsradio's Dave Berner reports it's not a new idea, but it seems to work. Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy Principal Nate Pietrini offered to stay on the school roof ...
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Bears To Retire Ditka’s No. 89 Jersey
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Bears will retire Mike Ditka’s jersey number in December. The team announced on its website Friday morning that it plans to retire Ditka’s number 89 at a halftime ceremony at the Bears’ Monday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys — the team on which Ditka finished his Hall of Fame career — on Dec. 9 at Soldier Field. ...
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Motorola Mobility loses Xbox patent fight Video
May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Television's Cory Johnson gets an exclusive inside look at how Microsoft designed and tested the new Xbox. (Source: Bloomberg) Members of the media take photos and shoot video at the unveiling for Microsoft Corp.'s first new Xbox in almost eight years. Microsofts Xbox 360 has been cleared of violating a Motorola Mobility patent by the International Trade ...
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Sears reports disappointing first quarter
A customer secures a new washing machine purchased at a Sears store in Richmond, Calif., in Feb. 2013. Sears Holding Corp. posted a much larger-than-expected loss for its first quarter and said it may sell its protection-agreement business to raise more cash. Hoffman Estates-based Sears (Nasdaq: SHLD) said it lost $279 million, or $2.63 per share, for the quarter ended May 4, compared with a ...
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Man Bolts From Courtroom After Arson Intimidation Conviction
CROWN POINT, Ind. (STMW) – A few minutes after a Lake Superior Court jury had convicted him of arson and intimidation, James E. Gardner III took off running, but was quickly caught. Gardner had asked if he could hug his wife. His hands handcuffed, Gardner kissed the woman and then left the courtroom with a bailiff through the back hallways of the courts building at the government center ...
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CTA Rolls Back Some Controversial Ventra Fare Card Fees
CHICAGO (STMW) – CTA Ventra payment card holders who use the card’s controversial debit features won’t be charged for talking to public transit customer service operators or using the cards for cash ATM withdrawals under new fee rollbacks revealed Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The new concessions soften some of the more onerous fees associated with the pre-paid ...
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Trial Begins For Teen Charged In Videotaped Beating Death
CHICAGO (STMW) – Anthony Malcolm told Chicago Police detectives he wasn't certain his friend was going to clock the older man collecting soda cans in the West Rogers Park alley. Even after Malik Jones allegedly boasted on video "I think I'm gonna knock this mother f—– out." Even after, Cook County prosecutors said, another pal also expressed his desire to ...
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Three Stabbed On Northwest Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – Three teenagers were stabbed in the Belmont Cragin area Thursday night on the Northwest Side. The males were stabbed about 6:50 p.m. in the 2100 block of North Narragansett Avenue, police ...
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Red Wings Hammer Blackhawks 2-0 Take 3-1 Series Lead
Brendan Smith #2 of the Detroit Red Wings battles battles in front of the net against Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Joe Louis Arena on May 23, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ...
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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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