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  • Senate announces tentaive debt-ceiling deal
  • Any deal struck Wednesday night is a temporary one, buying lawmakers just a few more months.
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national/world, eric horng
  • A man wanted in two sex assaults and home invasions that occurred just hours apart on the city's South Side last week is now in police custody, officials said.
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chicago news, eric horng
  • EBT system failure blocks food stamp debit cards
  • Food stamp recipients should be able to use their Link cards in grocery stores on Sunday, now that vendor Xerox Corp. has restored service after a system outage that affected people across 17 states.
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chicago news, eric horng
  • EBT system failure blocks food stamp debit cards
  • EBT system failure left full carts abandoned at Chicago grocery stores as shoppers in Illinois and many other states have been unable to use their food stamp debit cards.
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  • EBT system failure blocks food stamp debit cards
  • EBT system failure left full carts abandoned at Chicago grocery stores as shoppers in Illinois and many other states have been unable to use their food stamp debit cards.
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chicago news, eric horng
  • Dominicks to check out of Chicago by early 2014
  • Safeway Inc. plans to sell its 72 Chicago Dominick's stores by 2014 because the grocery chain is losing money.
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news
  • War vets special guests at Bears game
  • The Bears play the New York Giants Thursday night at Soldier Field and thanks to a group called Warrior Wishes, there will be some very special guests in the stands.
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chicago news, eric horng
  • War vets special guests at Bears game
  • The Bears play the New York Giants Thursday night at Soldier Field and thanks to a group called Warrior Wishes, there will be some very special guests in the stands.
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news
  • Ventra card roll out slowing for CTA
  • The Chicago Transit Authority is now slowing down its rollout of the new Ventra card fare system.
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cta news, local, eric horng
  • Ventra card roll out slowing for CTA
  • The CTA is now slowing down its rollout of the new Ventra card fare system.
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news
  • New Target store shows changing face of Cabrini-Green
  • The new store will employ 200 people, and Target has promised 75 of those jobs to Chicago Housing Authority residents.
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chicago news, eric horng
  • Some analysts called this the most important regular season game in Northwestern University history and fans agreed.
  • Some analysts called this the most important regular season game in Northwestern University history and fans agreed.
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local, eric horng
  • A high school senior prank could result in a lot of trouble for dozens of students at a west suburban school.
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local, eric horng
  • Police: Thieves targeting CTA Orange Line parking lot
  • Chicago police say thieves are breaking into cars parked in a CTA lot in the 5100-block of South Pulaski.
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cta news, chicago news, eric horng
  • Police: Hammer-wielding robbers attacking victims in Lakeview
  • Police are searching for a group of hammer-wielding attackers who robbed three people in separate incidents on the city's North Side.
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chicago police department, chicago crime, chicago news, eric horng
  • David Logan charged in Back of the Yards shooting
  • A fifth man, David Logan, has been charged in connection with a shooting last week in the Back of the Yards neighborhood that left 13 people, including a three-year-old boy.
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chicago news, eric horng
  • Fifth man charged in Back of the Yards shooting
  • A fifth man, David Logan, has been charged in connection with a shooting last week in the Back of the Yards neighborhood that left 13 people, including a three-year-old boy.
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news
  • Security guard dies after breaking up fight
  • An autopsy Friday could explain why security guard, Richard Cowser, 54, died while trying to break up at fight.
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local, jason knowles
  • Security guard dies after breaking up fight
  • Police say a security guard was trying to break up a fight at Thornwood High School when he was injured after falling into a locker.
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local, jason knowles
  • Security guard dies after breaking up fight
  • Police say a security guard was trying to break up a fight at Thornwood High School when he was injured after falling into a locker.
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local, eric horng
  • Security guard dies breaking up high school fight
  • A security guard died Thursday after he was injured breaking up a fight at Thornwood High School in South Holland, police said.
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local, eric horng
  • A student at Urban Prep on West 14th Place in Chicago was arrested for bringing a gun to school on Tuesday.
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chicago news, eric horng
  • Victim talks about Back of the Yards shooting rampage
  • One of the 13 victims of Thursday night?s shooting rampage in a Chicago park is speaking out, talking one-on-one about how he felt.
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  • Victim talks about Back of the Yards shooting rampage
  • One of the 13 victims of Thursday night's shooting rampage in a Chicago park is speaking out, talking one-on-one about how he felt.
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chicago violence, chicago news, eric horng
  • Peace march in Back of the Yards neighborhood
  • Basketball legend Isiah Thomas, who grew up on Chicago's West Side, made an appeal to a generation rocked by violence on Friday night.
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chicago shooting, chicago violence, chicago news, eric horng
  • Peace march set in neighborhood of shooting
  • A march for peace in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Friday afternoon is set to begin at the Holy Cross Immaculate Hearts of Mary, near the scene of Thursday night?s shooting that left 13 people injured.
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  • Peace march in Back of the Yards neighborhood
  • A march for peace in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Friday was set to begin at the Holy Cross Immaculate Hearts of Mary, near the scene of Thursday night?s shooting that left 13 people injured.
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news
  • Woman trapped in flooded car rescued by divers
  • A 72-year-old woman who found herself trapped in flood waters during last night's storms gives ABC7 a firsthand account of her ordeal.
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chicago fire department, chicago news, eric horng
  • Ashland bus-only lane planned from Irving Park to 95th
  • A heated meeting was held Tuesday night over the CTA's proposed bus rapid transit line along Ashland Avenue.
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cta news, city of chicago, chicago news, eric horng
  • Syria strike resistance as U.S. tries to rally support
  • Syria strike is running into resistance from the American public and skeptics in Congress and from European allies bent on awaiting a U.N. report about a chemical attack they acknowledge strongly points to the Assad government.
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news
  • Off-duty officer shoots alleged home intruder
  • An off-duty Chicago police officer shot a man who broke into her home in the Wrightwood community.
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chicago police department, local, eric horng
  • Syria crisis decision facing Chicago-area lawmakers
  • Some Chicago area lawmakers are among those who have decided to support military action in Syria.
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news
  • Aldermen to vote on restaurant gun-free zones
  • The proposed ordinance would require restaurants to post signs declaring a firearm-free zone, or risk losing their liquor license.
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local, eric horng
  • Local Dems voice opposition to Syria action
  • Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing ??limited and narrow?? action as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,429 people - far more than previous estimates - including more than 400 children.
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news
  • Will Englewood residents pay high prices at new Whole Foods
  • Whole Foods' prices are generally higher than many other grocery stores. ABC7's Eric Horng did some comparison shopping.
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chicago news, local, eric horng
  • Group gathers at Federal Plaza to protest military action against Syria
  • Some Chicagoans, as well as some members of Congress, want more evidence that Syrian leaders used chemical weapons against their own citizens before the U.S. takes military action.
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local, eric horng
  • Plano hazing allegations
  • Five athletes are accused of hazing team members in Plano.
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news
  • Thirty-one people were arrested in connection with an alleged heroin drug ring operation in Cook and DuPage counties.
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local, eric horng
  • The Robbins Police Department has a new chief, new commanders and a new directive. And in recent months, the number of arrests is on the rise.
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local
  • The Robbins Police Department has a new chief, new commanders and a new directive. And in recent months, the number of arrests is on the rise.
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local, eric horng
  • The 27-year-old Lindsey Williams and her 5- and 3-year-old daughters died in the crash last week on Interstate 65 about 30 miles south of Gary when a semitrailer slammed into their stopped SUV. Williams sister, two young nieces and an uncle also died.
  • Details are emerging about the truck driver blamed for causing a fiery crash in northwest Indiana and the seven family members who were killed, four of them children.
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indiana news, eric horng
  • Air and Water Show wows on first day
  • Noticeably fewer people come out for the Air and Water Show on the Chicago lakefront. New acts couldn't make up for the lack of military jets in this year's show.
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local
  • The 27-year-old Lindsey Williams and her 5- and 3-year-old daughters died in the crash last week on Interstate 65 about 30 miles south of Gary when a semitrailer slammed into their stopped SUV. Williams sister, two young nieces and an uncle also died.
  • Details are emerging about the truck driver blamed for causing a fiery crash in northwest Indiana and the seven family members who were killed, four of them children.
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local
  • 5th Metra board member, Stanley Rakestraw, resigns under pressure from Toni Preckwinkle
  • An independent panel including former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald will recommend reforms for Metra and other Chicago-area transit agencies, Governor Pat Quinn announced Thursday, the same day a fifth Metra board member resigned.
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local
  • 5th Metra board member, Stanley Rakestraw, resigns under pressure from Toni Preckwinkle
  • An independent panel including former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald will recommend reforms for Metra and other Chicago-area transit agencies, Governor Pat Quinn announced Thursday, the same day a fifth Metra board member resigned.
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metra news, cook county, local, eric horng
  • Prison life to bring drastic changes for Jackson family
  • The Jackson family now has less than three months together before Jesse Jr. reports to federal prison and the next four years will be altered.
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local, eric horng
  • Women targeted in Waukegan BB gun attacks
  • In north suburban Waukegan, someone is shooting a BB gun or pellet gun at women.
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local, eric horng
  • Women targeted in Waukegan BB gun attacks
  • In north suburban Waukegan, someone is shooting a BB gun or pellet fun at women.
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news
  • 2 dead in Calumet Park shooting, person of interest in custody
  • A double murder early Saturday morning has claimed the life of a man and a young woman after neighbors say they heard shots around 3 a.m. in south suburban Calumet Park.
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local, eric horng
  • 2 dead in Calumet Park shooting, person of interest in custody
  • A double murder early Saturday morning has claimed the life of a man and a young woman after neighbors say they heard shots around 3 a.m. in south suburban Calumet Park.
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local