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  • Police: Michael Scott's Death A Suicide

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 5:21 pm ET  

     Chicago police say the death of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott was a suicide, confirming the earlier opinion of the county's medical examiner. Full Story »

  • Teen Charged In Brother's Murder 'Fantasized' Of Killing

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 4:50 pm ET  

    17-year-old allegedly said strangling 10-year-old satisfied craving like hungry person eating a hamburger. VIDEO - COMMENT Full Story »

  • Blago's Attorneys Office Robbed

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 4:35 pm ET  

    Chicago police are investigating a burglary at the offices of attorneys for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich in which at least one computer containing undercover recordings from the sweeping corruption case was stolen.  Full Story »

  • Baby born during flight from Midway

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 2:20 pm ET  

    A baby was born 30-thousand feet above sea level today on a flight from Chicago to Salt Lake City. Full Story »

  • Racial disparities seen in Ill. swine flu deaths

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 1:51 pm ET  

    Illinois officials say swine flu hospitalization and death rates for blacks and Hispanics are higher than the rates for whites. Full Story »

  • 380 lbs of pot seized in South Side raid

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 1:50 pm ET  

    2.5 million dollars worth of marijuana has been confiscated following a raid in the South Side neighborhood of Englewood. Full Story »

  • Boeing recommends fixing thrust reversers on 777

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 1:36 pm ET  

    CHICAGO (AP) - Boeing Co. is recommending that airlines fix a key piece of equipment on its 777 airliner to make sure that engine heat doesn't cause damage. Full Story »

  • Heat Is Back At UIC Medical Center

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 1:36 pm ET  

    On this chilly Friday, there's no heat in a portion of the University of Illinois-Chicago campus. Full Story »

  • US to open against England at World Cup

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 1:35 pm ET  
  • Ship Brings Christmas Trees To Those In Need

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 1:05 pm ET  

    More than 1,500 Chicago families, who otherwise wouldn't have a Christmas tree, are getting one, thanks to the U.S Coast Guard. CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports that a ship arrived at Navy Pier Friday morning, carrying lots of holiday cheer. Full Story »

  • Elderly body found floating in lake on North Side

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 11:06 am ET  

    Emergency crews worked to recover a body that was seen floating in Lake Michigan on the North Side near Diversey Harbor. Full Story »

  • Stroger mulls maintaining health services in face of reduced revenue

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 11:06 am ET  

    CHICAGO (WBBM) -- County Board President Todd Stroger says it's obvious his fight is now to maintain medical services for Cook County residents in the face of reduced revenues voted by the County Board. Full Story »

  • Burglar arrested with a 'how to' guide

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 11:06 am ET  

    A suspect who was burglarizing a Jeep Cherokee and found with an apparently self-written “how to” guide for breaking into vehicles early Friday on the North Side has been charged, police said. Full Story »

  • County Board prez hopeful Brown wants confab of mayors to bring in business

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 11:05 am ET  

    CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Court Clerk Dorothy Brown is hoping her economic development proposal will help her unseat Todd Stroger as President of the Cook County Board. Full Story »

  • Day 2 of suburban teachers strike

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:50 am ET  

    (WBBM) -- It’s Day Two of a strike by teachers in south suburban Prairie-Hills District 144. Full Story »

  • Just 1 Asian carp found in canal fish kill

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:35 am ET  

    LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) -- Wildlife officials discovered a single Asian carp Thursday in a canal leading to Lake Michigan, the nearest the destructive species has come to the Great Lakes, Illinois environmental officials said. Full Story »

  • Police seek help in finding woman missing since August PHOTO

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:35 am ET  

    CHICAGO (STNG) -- Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a 23-year-old woman last seen in late August in the Southwest Side Marquette Park neighborhood. Full Story »

  • Patients sought for new heart attack therapy

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:07 am ET  

    CHICAGO (AP) -- Recent heart attack patients are being sought for an experimental adult stem cell treatment that's had early success. In a preliminary study, stem cells from donor bone marrow appeared to grow new blood vessels bringing more oxygen to the heart. Full Story »

  • Warning: beware H1N1 e-mail scam

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ET  

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois officials are alerting the public to an e-mail scam involving the H1N1 virus. The Illinois Department of Public Health said Thursday fraudulent e-mails claim to be from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Full Story »

  • Chicago, Peoria nurses paid more

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ET  

    CHICAGO (AP) -- If you're a nurse, it pays to work in the Chicago or Peoria areas. Or at least it pays more than elsewhere. U.S. labor figures show the average hourly wage for a registered nurse in the Chicago area is $32.36. The national average is $31.31. Full Story »

  • 'Illuminating Hanukkah' explores menorah's history

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ET  

    EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- A free exhibit at Northwestern University in Evanston focuses on the history of the Hanukkah menorah. Full Story »

  • Changes to state's flu hotline

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ET  

    CHICAGO (AP) -- Now there's a place you can call 24 hours a day, seven days a week if you have questions about the flu. Callers to the Illinois Flu Hotline can also now ask medical questions of doctors and nurses on the hotline about seasonal flu, the swine flu and the H1N1 virus. Full Story »

  • Lyric Opera reaches agreement with musicians

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ET  

    CHICAGO (AP) -- "The Merry Widow" will remain merry for Chicago Opera fans. A spokeswoman for Lyric Opera of Chicago says Lyric reached a tentative contract agreement with its orchestra musicians late Thursday night after a long last-ditch bargaining session. Full Story »

  • 1 convicted, 4 acquitted of gang rape

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ET  

    URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities say a disturbance broke out in a Champaign County courtroom as one man was convicted and four others acquitted in the gang rape of a Champaign teenager last spring. Full Story »

  • Univ. to digitize all Shakespeare works

    WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago – Fri Dec 4, 10:05 am ET  

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- IUPUI has been chosen as the site of a new center that will fully digitize William Shakespeare's entire body of work for the first time. Full Story »

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