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Crime commission to release gang stats
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:55 AM EST (ABC Local Affiliates)
The Chicago Crime Commission will release data Thursday on street gangs in Chicago. There are an estimated 73 active gangs in Chicago with as many as 150,000 gang members. The commission is expected to offer some insight into the reasons behind the growth of gangs and the i …
Teens Charged With Hate Crime In Attack On Classmate
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:18 AM EST (CBS Chicago)
Three teenagers stand charged with a hate crime, after they allegedly attacked an African-American youth in the Beverly neighborhood in December and put a noose around his neck. The victim, who is 17, and one of the alleged attackers are both students at Brother Rice High S …
Chicago Planned Parenthood offering vasectomies
Seeded on Thu Jan 5, 2012 8:59 AM EST (ABC Local Affiliates)
January 5, 2012 (CHICAGO) -- A Chicago Planned Parenthood clinic has begun offering vasectomies for men who've decided they've completed their families or don't want to father children. The nonprofit family planning organization has launched the service at its Near North He …
Naperville Red Light Cameras To Be History Later Tuesday
Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 10:48 AM EST (CBS Chicago)
s CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports, the City of Naperville will pull the plug on the cameras after three years in operation.
Verizon To Charge $2 Bill Payment 'Convenience Fee'
Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:02 PM EST (CBS Chicago)
CHICAGO (CBS) – Starting Jan.
Backseat seat belt law goes into effect Jan. 1
Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:45 AM EST (Chicago Tribune)
A new automotive safety law that goes into effect Jan. 1 in Illinois requires all backseat passengers to use seat belts. Gov.
Up To 120 Sears, Kmart Stores To Close
Seeded on Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:47 AM EST (CBS Chicago)
Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp.
Suit: 12-Year-Old Girl Suffers Toxic Shock After Using Tampon
Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:28 PM EST (CBS Chicago)
A 12-year-old girl suffered toxic shock syndrome, organ failure and was hospitalized for nearly a month after using a Tampax Pearl Plastic tampon, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claims. Michelle and Kevin Matthias claim their 12-year-old daughter became physically sick, July 3, …
Gay Pride Parade Reverses Earlier Start Time To Accommodate Church
Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:06 PM EST (CBS Chicago)
CHICAGO (CBS) — Organizers of the Gay Pride Parade have decided to reverse one of the changes that had been planned for next year, in an effort to accommodate a Roman Catholic church on Belmont Avenue. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Conway reports, back on October, org …
Report holiday drunk drivers, get $100
Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:22 AM EST (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists is expanding its “Drunkbusters” program throughout Illinois for the next two weekends. The program, in which callers can be paid $100 for reporting an impaired driver who’s eventually arrested for DUI, runs year …
County and state seeing an increasing number of pertussis cases
Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:15 AM EST (Elmhurst Press)
There have been as many as 260 confirmed cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in DuPage County this year, according to Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Infection Control Practitioner Annemarie Schmocker. She said the hospital has seen many outpatient cases in school-age, and h …
Man Poops In Glove, Is Banned For Life
Seeded on Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:28 PM EST (Sports Grid)
Nguyen had the “crap” beaten out of him, which is fitting. It was after this beatdown when Nguyen hatched his devious, devious plan. After both players were ejected for the fight, Nguyen angrily hurled one of Bermingham’s gloves into the stands.
CDC: Get Your Flu Shot Now
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:20 AM EST (CBS Chicago)
Dr. Raymond Strikas says flu season does not usually peak until January or February, but so far, this is a mild one.
Cash-strapped cities, schools say: 'Your Ad Here'
Seeded on Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:26 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
CHICAGO (AP) — Seven vinyl banners draped this month along one of Chicago's most iconic bridges, advertisements some have dubbed "a visual crime" and "commercial graffiti," are reviving a debate about how governments raise money in tough economic times.
Poll: Do you use the Ignore Button?
Sun Nov 20, 2011 2:45 PM EST
The infamous ignore feature - some of us Viners utilize it more than others and some of us do not use is at all. Some use it to keep their blood pressure around 120/85 while others use it as a way to end an argument.
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Teacher Caught on Tape Bullying Student. Is a Camera a Kid's Only Advocate?
Seeded on Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:59 AM EST (Yahoo!)
Nobody believed Julio Artuz, a 15 year old New Jersey special education student, when he complained of being bullied by his teacher. So he caught the whole thing on tape.
Suit: Teen beaten because he's Middle Eastern
Seeded on Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:09 AM EST (Chicago Sun-Times)
The suit alleges that David Osama Haddad was bullied by the perpetrators for more than a year before the altercation.
Emanuel's speed camera legislation heads to full House
Seeded on Tue Nov 8, 2011 1:40 PM EST (Chicago Tribune)
SPRINGFIELD -- A House panel approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's speed camera legislation today, a move designed to slow down traffic to increase public safety near schools. The legislation, sponsored by House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago, now goes to the full Hou …
Blackhawks to unveil statues of Hull, Mikita
Seeded on Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:23 AM EDT (Daily Herald)
The Michael Jordan statue is not far away, so all those visitors who show up daily to take pictures of the monument to the greatest basketball player ever now can walk over and see the statues of Mikita and Hull. The organization's decision to erect statues completes the j …
Labor board sides with Chicago Teachers Union in dispute over longer school day
Seeded on Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:39 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
A state labor relations board will ask for court intervention to block Chicago Public Schools from lengthening its school day and perhaps to reverse the decision by schools who already implemented an extended day. The details of the request for injunctive relief will come in …
$3 million luxury camper is a 40′ mobile mansion
Seeded on Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:32 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
The Chevy Corvette car and speedboat hybrid might be the slickest amphibious vehicle on the planet, but when it comes to campers, nothing compares to the luxury the Elemment Palazzo offers.
Teacher Poised To Win Damages For Denial Of Leave For Religious Pilgrimage
Seeded on Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:34 AM EDT (CBS Chicago)
Every adult Muslim is supposed to perform the hajj at least once in a lifetime if they are physically and financially able to. Millions go each year. In 2008, Khan asked for almost three weeks of unpaid leave to perform the hajj.
Spat Over Longer School Day Going To State Labor Panel
Seeded on Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:37 AM EDT (CBS Chicago)
CHICAGO (CBS) — The squabble between the Chicago Public Schools and its teachers union over plans for a longer school day will go before a state labor panel. The Chicago Teachers Union, in a news release, claimed Thursday night that the Illinois Educational Labor Rela …
Photo finish: Woman gives birth after running (and walking) marathon
Seeded on Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:39 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
She ran and walked even as contractions started kicking in regularly toward the end of the race. But she managed to cross the finish line -- and grab a bite to eat -- before giving birth to baby girl June Sunday night.
TSA: Children pose little risk, can keep shoes on during security check
Seeded on Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:19 AM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
So in a welcome step for little feet and parents, children 12 and younger are no longer required to remove their shoes every time they go through airport security.
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Until now, only one was covered by insurance..Guess which..Starting in August, women will no longer have to pay more than men for the prescriptions (the Pill, Viagra, Cialis) that enable them to have active sex lives.
- Study: Multitasking hinders youth social skills - CNN.com
Tween girls who spend much of their waking hours switching frantically between YouTube, Facebook, television and text messaging are more likely to develop social problems, says a Stanford University study published in a scientific journal on Wednesday.
- Crime commission to release gang stats
The Chicago Crime Commission will release data Thursday on street gangs in Chicago. There are an estimated 73 active gangs in Chicago with as many as 150,000 gang members. The commission is expected to offer some insight into the reasons behind the growth of gangs and the i …
- Teens Charged With Hate Crime In Attack On Classmate
Three teenagers stand charged with a hate crime, after they allegedly attacked an African-American youth in the Beverly neighborhood in December and put a noose around his neck. The victim, who is 17, and one of the alleged attackers are both students at Brother Rice High S …
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