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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 12:38 pm
A 24-year-old woman suffered a serious head injury during the filming of a car stunt at a "Transformers 3" shoot in northwest Indiana one day before filming was supposed to conclude in the Chicago area.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 1:16 pm
An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing at O'Hare shortly after taking off at the airport Thursday morning.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 1:03 pm
People who claim they are reformed gang members held a news conference Thursday morning following Police Supt. Jody Weis' decision to meet with gang members about violence in the city.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 12:56 pm
Firefighters rescued a worker who fell 30 feet into the gears of a downtown bridge from a catwalk early Thursday.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 12:51 pm
Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 12:44 pm
Charges have been filed against a man accused of attacking a patient in a west suburban Aurora hospital.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 11:50 am
Charges are pending for two of the four people suspected of stealing rare birds in the west and southwest suburbs.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 11:56 am
Nearly two dozen local soldiers are returning from Iraq Thursday, just days after the official end of combat operations in that country.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 9:37 am
A woman has sued American Airlines, saying she was traumatized when the plane she was on ran off the runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 9:26 am
A south suburban Chicago man has been charged in connection with a murder that occurred on the city's South Side a little more than 15 years ago.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 7:39 am
A group of self-proclaimed gang leaders who are angry about a threatened police crackdown will hold a news conference Thursday.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 9:34 am
Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley says the city will consolidate some departments in an effort to streamline government and save money.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 7:51 am
Police say the shooting death of an 8-year-old boy in the south suburbs appears to have been an accident by the victim's 11-year-old brother.


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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 7:57 am
For a third day, residents stood in long lines waiting for federally funded electronic food stamps for people who live or work in areas flooded by late-July storms.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 5:59 pm
The owners of a quarry in the western suburbs said a tremor felt by many residents in the area Tuesday is not the result of any activity there.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 9:35 pm
Ford has a new vehicle - the Police Interceptor - and it'll be built in Chicago. It will replace the Crown Victoria, used for police cars.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 7:33 pm
Illinois State Police and the Illinois Tollway Authority are offering help to try and keep children safe as many people get ready to travel for the long Labor Day weekend.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 9:46 pm
Authorities are searching for a man accused of robbing a west suburban bank, possibly for the second time in three weeks, on Wednesday.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 5:00 pm
A meteorite that lit up the sky in April now has a name: Mifflin.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 5:16 pm
Chicago public school students who attend the first day of class will get free passes to the Museum of Science and Industry.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 7:52 pm
The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third largest city.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 6:31 pm
A state-of-the-art Chicago Public Schools high school was named after Chicago Police Officer Eric Solorio, who was killed in a squad car crash in 2006.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 7:59 pm
A former chemist for a northwest suburban paint manufacturing company pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing formulas and other trade secrets worth up to $20 million as he prepared to go to work for an overseas competitor.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 11:54 am
Police say the driver of a car that plunged into the Little Calumet River in south suburban Dolton around 3 a.m. Wednesday was drunk.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 10:08 pm
Police in west suburban Maywood are investigating what may be the illegal dumping of gravestones in an area leased to a construction company.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 7:56 pm
The Shedd Aquarium is offering visitors the unique experience of petting a penguin.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 6:24 pm
A former teacher in northwest Indiana has been sentenced for child solicitation.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 9:54 pm
The Chicago Urban League has a president and CEO.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 7:48 pm
U2 lead singer Bono is featured on this year's cover of the Chicago Lyric Opera's annual brochure.


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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 3:42 pm
Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan is seeking to have elements of his conviction thrown out based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sharply curtailed an anti-fraud law employed by prosecutors nationwide to convict politicians and executives.




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