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  • Lunch Break 08-13-13
  • Catch up on the latest news over lunch.
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  • Deerfield water tested, boil order continues
  • A boil order continued in north suburban Deerfield Tuesday after fecal bacteria contaminated the water supply.
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  • Mom, daughter die in Little Village shooting
  • Police say a mother and her 5-year-old daughter were shot to death in a double murder and attempted suicide on Chicago's Southwest Side.
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  • 7 in :77
  • Seven stories in 77 seconds, including dozens of cats left outside the Humane Society of Hobart, Ind.
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  • Mom, daughter die in Little Village shooting
  • A shooting overnight killed a mother and her 5-year-old daughter and left a man in the hospital in critical condition.
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  • Back-to-School: Best in gadgets, gear
  • Emmy Award-winning consumer tech journalist Jennifer Jolly visits ABC7 Chicago to share the must-have gadgets and gear for going back to school.
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  • Deerfield boil order continues as village runs tests
  • A boil order continued in suburban Deerfield Tuesday after fecal bacteria contaminated the water supply.
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  • The land is owned by ComEd and leased by the Village of Crestwood, but for over 20 years, it's only ever been the Crestwood Soccer Club that's used the park.
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  • Deerfield issues boil order over contaminated water
  • The Village of Deerfield says the local water supply has been contaminated with fecal bacteria.
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  • Jacob Nodarse sentenced to 75 years for Darien triple murder
  • Jacob Nodarse, the confessed killer of three members of a southwest suburban Chicago family, has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.
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  • Chicago murder numbers hold steady among teens, children
  • So far this year, there have been 58 teenagers and children murdered in the city of Chicago, most during gun violence.
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  • 3rd annual Valor Games kick off at Soldier Field
  • A field of over 200 veterans and active military, all of them wounded in service, will prove over the next three days that disability is a state of mind.
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  • Investigation into Mt. Baldy sinkhole begins
  • Federal officials were examining a northern Indiana sand dune that collapsed last month, burying a 6-year-old Illinois boy under 11 feet of sand for more than three hours.
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  • Earnhardt Jr. on Chicagos State Street
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s performed a burnout on State Street in front of ABC7 Chicago's studios and the iconic Chicago Theater.
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  • Crews examine Ind. sand dune where boy buried alive
  • Federal officials were examining a northern Indiana sand dune that collapsed last month, burying a 6-year-old Illinois boy under 11 feet of sand for more than three hours.
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  • 4-year-old hit in Portage Park shooting
  • A 4-year-old girl was one of three people shot in a car on the city's Northwest Side.
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  • Seven stories in 77 seconds, including a Florida sinkhole causing part of a resort villa to collapse.
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  • A 4-year-old girl, her older brother and a family friend were shot in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood.
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  • Sara Fisher, contributor to Chicago Parent Magazine and co-Founder of 2 Moms Media, shares some helpful tips.
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  • Dream 9 activist Lulu Martinez returns home
  • Lulu Martinez had no papers, and yet, the Chicago college student purposely crossed into Mexico and then got herself arrested trying to come back in.
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  • Man fatally shot on CPS safe passage route
  • Bullets flew just after 6 p.m. Saturday in the Bronzeville area in the 2900-block of South State Street, killing Ralph McNeal, 54.
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  • Police investigating murder along Safe Passage route
  • Bullets flew just after 6 p.m. Saturday in the Bronzeville area in the 2900-block of South State Street, killing Ralph McNeal, 54.
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  • Final Susan G. Komen walk in Chicago ends
  • After 10 years in the Chicago area, the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for breast cancer ends Sunday with a closing ceremony at Soldier Field.
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  • On Sunday, August 11, 2013, a French-themed event is taking place in suburban Wheaton.
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  • For years, special education students who completed graduation requirements at Huntley High School went into transition programs offered by the Special Education District of McHenry County (SEDOM).
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  • Being a role model to people who share the same challenges can be rewarding for everyone.
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  • After 10 years in the Chicago area, the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for breast cancer ends Sunday with a closing ceremony at Soldier Field.
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  • See Closed Captioning ABC 7's Charles Thomas and Evelyn Holmes hosted the next installment of HEART & SOUL, a series of specials that tap into Chicago's vibrant African American community.
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  • See Closed Captioning ABC 7's Charles Thomas and Evelyn Holmes hosted the next installment of HEART & SOUL, a series of specials that tap into Chicago's vibrant African American community.
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  • See Closed Captioning ABC 7's Charles Thomas and Evelyn Holmes hosted the next installment of HEART & SOUL, a series of specials that tap into Chicago's vibrant African American community.
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  • See Closed Captioning ABC 7's Charles Thomas and Evelyn Holmes hosted the next installment of HEART & SOUL, a series of specials that tap into Chicago's vibrant African American community.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade 2013
  • See Closed Captioning ABC7 broadcasts the 84th annual Bud Billiken Parade Saturday, August 10. Watch on-demand.
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  • Back to School Fashion
  • Chicago native Stefanie Scott is an actress on the Disney channel's A.N.T. Farm. Saturday, she joins the Promenade Bolingbrook in celebrating everything back to school, and you can meet her there!
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  • USO Clark After Dark Event
  • On Thursday, August 15, 2013, you're invited to the fun "Clark After Dark" block party, which raises money for the USO of Illinois.
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  • ABC7 Chicago Salutes: Valor Games Midwest athletes
  • ABC7 Chicago Salutes all the athletes who are taking part in The Valor Games Midwest on August 12-14.
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  • Bud Billiken Parade day arrives
  • Hundreds of thousands of people were ready to celebrate a Chicago tradition on the city's South Side Saturday.
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  • Chicago Korean Festival
  • On Saturday, August 10, 2013, and Sunday, August 11, 2013, the Chicago Korean Festival is taking place. It features food, dance, music and more.
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  • Spirit of Giving: Former inmates get a Second Chance at coffee company
  • Pete Leonard connects former inmates with a job through Second Chance Coffee Co. in Wheaton
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  • CPS teacher accused of having sex with student in classroom
  • Bridgette Miller, a teacher at Chicago Vocational Career Academy, is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student.
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