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Poison was dumped into an area waterway to kill the dreaded Asian carp. Thousands of fish died, but they only found and killed one carp. Yet this fish kill is now being called a success. Full Story »
Poison was dumped into an area waterway to kill the dreaded Asian carp. Thousands of fish died, but they only found and killed one carp. Yet this fish kill is now being called a success. Full Story »
Two people were wounded Thursday night in a police-involved shooting in the West Side Lawndale community. Full Story »
She could be your next door neighbor, the woman you see every day at work. Forty-two-year-old Terri Kearns is a college graduate. She considers herself middle class, but her full-time job went part-time this year. CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman reports on the step she's taking to put food on the table for her two kids. Full Story »
Over the past months, 2 Investigator Pam Zekman has profiled people who have been struggling to get care under the current system. She has a follow-up on three women who have fallen through the cracks. Full Story »
Maggie Daley's seven-year fight with cancer continues, but now there is a new setback for Chicago' s First Lady. Mrs. Daley is now undergoing treatment to battle cancerous lesion on her lower right leg that will require her to use a wheelchair. Full Story »
Chicago Police said Thursday that a computer glitch or human oversight might have prevented the department from alerting news media about the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl who was later found strangled on the South Side. Full Story »
It's all about disclosure. U.S. Senate candidates are required to release detailed information about themselves, but two of them in Chicago -- including Cheryle Jackson -- haven't revealed some important financial documents. Full Story »
Is it a friendly warning, or something else? A CBS 2 camera captured this scene outside some popular Chicago stores: A person walks up to motorists in parking lots and warns them they may be towed if they're not shopping there. Vince Gerasole reports. Full Story »
It's a simple test that could potentially save a child's life. A new study provides new evidence that kids could be at risk for a serious heart problem and not even realize it. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot went to a west suburban school where they're taking action, to track kids early. Full Story »
FBI agents want Yahoo Inc. to turn over a video of a second naked woman they suspect was taken by an Illinois man already accused of secretly recording a nude ESPN reporter twice last year, authorities said Thursday. Full Story »
Lance Briggs says he's breathing just fine and his temperature is 98.6, right at normal. As for that sprained left knee? Full Story »
The FBI is celebrating a new honor for its high-tech Chicago Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. The laboratory, which handles 500 cases a year in northern Illinois, on Thursday received full accreditation from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors-Laboratory Accreditation. Full Story »
Police are looking for a man who robbed a southwest suburban bank Thursday morning. Full Story »
Shots were fired at police and police returned fire in a shooting in the West Town neighborhood early Thursday. Full Story »
The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to contract extensions for young stars Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews and defenseman Duncan Keith. Full Story »
An East Lakeview neighborhood man has been charged with kidnapping for allegedly taking his ex-girlfriend from her South Side home and holding her against her will at a North Side motel. Full Story »
Health care professionals are now staffing a 24-hour-a-day hot line to answer Illinois residents' questions about swine flu. Full Story »
The city's Farmers Markets are closed for the winter, but Chicago now has a new place to turn for fresh food all year round. Full Story »
A 59-year-old female inmate awaiting trial on charges related to a 2008 disfiguring acid attack on a Logan Square woman died Wednesday. Full Story »
The DuPage County Sheriff's office is warning of an aggressive "zero-tolerance" countywide crackdown on handicapped parking violators starting Thursday. Full Story »
A Fenger High School student was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly threatened the school's principal. Full Story »
Can new gun laws really stop the gang violence in Chicago? Mayor Daley and Governor Quinn are betting on it. Full Story »
City Hall did it, and now the Chicago Park District wants to make employees take unpaid furlough days or else face layoffs. Full Story »
Friends and relatives of U.S. Army Sgt. Kenneth Nichols say the eastern Illinois soldier died Tuesday in Afghanistan. He was promoted just a day earlier. Full Story »
A Rogers Park neighborhood man was charged with felony eavesdropping after allegedly taping conversations -- including the voices of officers who arrested him -- without permission while selling art for a $1 Wednesday afternoon in the Loop. Full Story »
A young boy looks at a model of a dinosaur on display in Bonn, Germany. AFP/DDP/Lennart Preiss
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