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  • Ten years ago on Thursday, a fire in the Cook County Administration Building in the Loop took six lives and changed many others.
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special segments, paul meincke
  • Chicagos first speed camera goes live Monday.
  • Chicago speed cameras are now issuing tickets to drivers who go over the speed limit near Gompers Park on the city's Northwest Side.
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  • Chicago speed cameras issue tickets at Gompers Park
  • Chicago speed cameras are now issuing tickets to drivers who go over the speed limit.
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  • CPD command post anchored marathon security
  • The Chicago Police Department?s forward command post near the finish line was complete with a bank of video feeds providing real time views of an urban racecourse.
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  • Class-action suit cites Ventra, CTA issues
  • Problems with the new CTA fare system Ventra have triggered legal action.
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  • 8 men have run Chicago Marathon since it began in 77
  • While most humans will never run a marathon in their lives, each of the amazing eight have run all 35 Chicago marathons, and more.
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  • Security increase at the 2013 Chicago Marathon
  • The Chicago Marathon is days away, and we're learning more about new security measures that will be in place in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.
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  • Chicago police say prosecutors would charge gang leaders under what's called the RICO law. What is the law and can the threatened legal action work?
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  • Deep Tunnel project nears completion on South Side
  • A large explosion planned at the Thornton Quarry next Monday will go a long way to helping ease flooding on the South Side of Chicago and in the southern suburbs.
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  • A special report found ''no additional indictments would be sought'' into the 2004 death of David Koschman after a bar fight with Richard J. Vanecko, the nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley.
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  • Lightning strike sparks Lake Forest fire
  • A lightning strike may have sparked a house fire in north suburban Lake Forest, Ill.
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  • Englewood residents fight railroad for land
  • The Norfolk Southern Railroad wants to expand in Englewood, but some residents there believe they're being railroaded.
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  • Childrens advocacy center dedicated to Jeanine Nicarico
  • The parents of Jeanine Nicarico attended a dedication Tuesday in Wheaton of the new children's advocacy center in memory of their daughter.
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  • Baseballs all-time hits leader Pete Rose.
  • 'Field of Dreams' ballpark hosted living legends charity game to benefit Wounded Warriors.
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  • Field of Dream hosts living legends charity game
  • The greatest living legends of baseball came to Iowa Saturday to play a charity game and celebrate a ballpark made famous by the movie "Field of Dreams."
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  • United Airlines mistakenly posts free fares
  • For a little while on Thursday, United Airlines was giving away airplane tickets for free, or close to it.
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  • United Airlines mistakenly posts free fares
  • If you're one of the people who purchased tickets on the United Airlines website for next to nothing, the airline says it will honor those tickets.
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  • The Army Corps of Engineers has a plan to keep the Des Plaines River from causing so much damage during heavy rains.
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  • Chicago hip-hop artist inspires inner-city youth
  • Some of Chicago's young adults go far beyond learning to prepare a dog on a bun; they're learning how to set up a business.
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  • Chatman released from prison
  • Carl Chatman, 58, is free for the first time in 11 years, after being held in prison for a rape that prosecutors now say, never happened.
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  • Gun-free zones proposed for Chicagos restaurants
  • Chicago aldermen are considering a ban on firearms in all businesses in the city that serve alcohol.
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  • Tri-State Tollway
  • Access to Posen from the Tri-State Tollway is expected to create an economic boon for the area, but some homeowners have lost their homes to the construction.
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  • Students continue to adjust at CPS welcoming school
  • Chicago public school students are just over one week into their new school year. For many, that includes a transition to new school after their old building closed.
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  • Students continue to adjust at CPS welcoming school
  • Chicago public school students are just over one week into their new school year. For many, that includes a transition to new school after their old building closed.
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news
  • Parade of politics starts with Labor Day
  • Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer- and for many politicians the start of campaign season.
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  • NFL, players to settle concussion lawsuits, judge says
  • The NFL has reached a tentative $765 million settlement over concussion-related brain injuries among its 18,000 retired players, agreeing to compensate victims, pay for medical exams and underwrite research.
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sports
  • Red Line reconstruction project on schedule
  • ABC7 has a close-up look at the work on the train line, which is happening right in the middle of the Dan Ryan Expressway.
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  • Metra
  • The embattled Metra board named veteran railroad man Don Orseno as interim executive director for the commuter rail.
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  • On the city's South Side, it was the first day's journey along a Safe Passage route for new students attending Harvard Elementary.
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  • Kids dropped off at wrong location on first day
  • A busing problem in Chicago Heights left two children scared and their parents frantic when the second grader and kindergartener were left in the wrong location.
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  • Kids dropped off at wrong location on first day
  • A busing problem in Chicago Heights left two children scared and their parents frantic when the second grader and kindergartener were left in the wrong location.
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  • Despite criticism, Emanuel says safe passage will work
  • Chicago Public Schools and the city say they are ready for the start of school Monday. But some critics still question if they are ready.
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  • A federal judge's recent slap down of the New York City Police Department's 'stop and frisk' policy has renewed debate about a practice seen by some as a great crime-fighting tool, and by others as an invitation to racial profiling.
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local
  • The BGA has found that Evanston is pushing its own version of the sometimes-controversial stop and frisk.
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  • City clears vacant buildings from CPS safe passage routes
  • As part of the plan to bring safe passage to Chicago Public School students, vacant buildings are being torn down along the routes.
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  • A woman in her fifties has died after she was struck by an out-of-control pickup truck police say was driven by a 13-year-old on the city's Southwest Side.
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  • A 58-year-old woman is in critical condition at Mt. Sinai after she was struck by an out-of-control pickup truck police say was put in motion by a 13-year-old on the city's Southwest Side.
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  • New cell phone law may soon be signed in Illinois
  • The tougher cell phone legislation the governor is expected to sign into law in the next few days may persuade drivers to put down their phones.
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  • OHare goats, other animals ready to graze at airport
  • Chicago gets its first look at the goats, sheep, llamas and burros who are new residents of O'Hare Airport Tuesday.
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  • Speed camera locations announced as installation gets under way in Chicago
  • Speed cameras are being installed near some schools and parks in Chicago.
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  • Police investigating murder along Safe Passage route
  • Ralph McNeal, 54, was shot on the route designated for children to take to Drake Elementary when the school year starts August 26.
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  • Chicago cop swims to benefit families of fallen officers
  • Nial Funchion's passion for the Catalina Island swim is to raise funds for the Brotherhood for the Fallen.
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  • Match Cups, Tall Ships sail into Chicago
  • Some of the world's best Match Cup racing teams are competing in Chicago off Navy Pier as Tall Ships Chicago gets under way.
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  • Porter Cross was robbed and beaten just over one year ago as he walked to buy a lottery ticket.
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  • Three people, including two teenagers, have been charged with attacking World War II veteran Porter Cross.
  • The World War II veteran who was beaten and robbed in Chicago last month faced two of his alleged attackers in court on Tuesday, but Porter Cross says he isn't angry.
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  • A-Rod suspension for 211 games, others get 50 games
  • Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece.
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  • Larry Huggins resigns from Metra Board
  • On Friday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Larry Huggins spoke and agreed he would resign from the Metra Board, the mayor's office said.
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  • Old Post Office
  • The Chicago City Council gave the green light to an ambitious plan to turn the Old Post Office into a center for commerce in the city.
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  • A new plan was presented to the city's planning commission Thursday that would transform the old post office building.
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  • The Black United Fund is among 19 vendors hiring new safe passage workers. There's been no shortage of interest.
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