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  • Gloria Baez, 18, was last seen on August 8 on the 2400-block of South Karlov in the Little Village neighborhood. Baez has a diminished mental capacity and recently moved to Chicago and may be confused.
  • Gloria Baez, 18, was last seen on August 8 on the 2400-block of South Karlov in the Little Village neighborhood.
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  • Last seen on July 18, 2013 on a CTA Green Line train the vicinity of downtown Chicago. Perteet is severely mentally challenged. Was last seen wearing a white baseball cap, a Sosa Cubs jersey, multi-colored shorts and Grey gym shoes.
  • Police have issued alerts for several people missing from the Chicago area.
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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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  • Members of a Chicago church group say they were attacked by bedbugs while staying at a Kentucky hotel.
  • Bishop Paul Hall says the group had paid the hotel nearly $4,000 in cash, and didn't have money to go elsewhere.
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  • Mellody Hobson, George Lucas
  • Newlyweds George Lucas and Mellody Hobson have a new baby daughter named Everest Hobson Lucas.
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  • Nearly three dozen cats crammed into four cages were left outside the Human Society of Hobart.
  • Nearly three dozen cats crammed into four cages were left outside the Humane Society of Hobart.
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  • Police released a sketch of a man they says approached a teenage girl in Wheaton on July 28.
  • Sheriff's deputies in DuPage County say they are searching for a man involved in what they believe was a suspicious interaction with a young girl.
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  • Jesse Jackson Jr.s attorneys have filed a notice with the Bureau of Prisons on where the former congressman wants to serve his time.
  • Just two days before his sentencing, Jesse Jackson Jr.'s attorneys have filed a notice with the Bureau of Prisons on where the former congressman wants to serve his time.
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  • Chicagos Renaissance Hotel
  • Chicago's Renaissance Hotel is reportedly up for sale.
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  • Chicago firefighters presented the Muscular Dystrophy Associations goodwill ambassador Bryan Foster with a check for $200,000 dollars from their recent Fill the Boot campaign.
  • The firefighters presented MDA goodwill ambassador Bryan Foster with a check for $200,000 dollars from their recent "Fill the Boot" campaign.
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  • 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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  • 4-year-old shot, among 3 victims hurt in Portage Park shooting
  • The search is on for a gunman who sprayed a car with bullets hitting a 4-year-old girl along with her brother and her brother's friend around 10:30 Sunday night in the 4200 block of North Central Avenue in the Portage Park neighborhood.
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  • 4-year-old shot, among 3 victims hurt in Portage Park shooting
  • Police are searching for the gunman who shot a 4-year-old girl, her brother and a family friend on the Northwest Side.
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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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  • 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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  • Illinois reacts to Holder criminal justice reforms
  • Sweeping criminal justice reforms have been unveiled by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who wants to cut back long prison sentences given for some drug-related crimes.
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  • Speed camera locations announced as installation gets under way in Chicago
  • The Chicago Dept. of Transportation says speed cameras will be installed starting this week.
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  • The Chicago Park District has issued a swim advisory for Humboldt Beach.
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  • A South Side man who was free on bail in an attempted murder case from 2006 has now been charged with the shooting death of another man.
  • A South Side man who was free on bail in an attempted murder case from 2006 has now been charged with the shooting death of another man.
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  • The majority of the nearly 50 Chicago elementary schools slated for closure will likely proceed after a federal judge denied class-action status to the two main civil lawsuits at the center of a dispute pitting parents and education officials.
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  • The Muscular Dystrophy Associations Goodwill ambassador visited with Chicago fire fighters to thank them for their efforts in raising money and awareness for the association.
  • The Muscular Dystrophy Association's Goodwill ambassador visited with Chicago fire fighters to thank them for their efforts in raising money and awareness for the association.
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  • The man convicted last year of the 1957 murder of a young Sycamore girl plans to appeal.
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  • The Chicago Dept. of Transportation's 12 speed cameras to be installed throughout the city.
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  • 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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  • Lunch Break 08-12-13
  • Catch up on the latest news right on your computer with our exclusive online Web Brief from ABC7Chicago.com! Click here to watch it on-demand!
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  • Five people are in custody after a robbery Monday morning on a Blue Line train near the Van Buren and Clinton station.
  • Five people were in custody Monday after a robbery on a Blue Line train near the Van Buren and Clinton station.
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  • Edgar Singleton, Jr.
  • Edgar Singleton, Jr. allegedly shot and killed 23-year-old Montrell Moss Thursday night.
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  • Skydiver escapes from shackles, locked coffin
  • Shackled and locked in a coffin thrown from the plane, skydiver Anthony Martin freed himself and parachuted into a field in Serena, Ill., which is about 60 miles southwest of Chicago.
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  • A new report out this week finds that every three minutes a child is seen at an emergency room for a concussion suffered while playing sports.
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  • The owner of a convenience store in far north suburban Beach Park says a thief robbed the store and held him up at gunpoint.
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  • Dream 9 activist Lulu Martinez returns home
  • Lulu Martinez, 23, returned home Sunday after being held for two weeks in an immigration detention center in Arizona.
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  •  The 400 East Randolph building opened in 1963.
  • The first building to be constructed east of Lake Shore Drive is marking its 50th anniversary. The 400 East Randolph building opened in 1963.
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  • Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon and Congressman Mike Quigley are officiating mock same-sex weddings during a festival in one of Chicago's gay neighborhoods.
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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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  • Terrence Snowden, 24 (left) and Phillip L. Boyd, 23 (right)
  • Both were charged with first-degree murder in connection with the drive-by shooting death of Tyrone Hart, 18, in the South Chicago neighborhood last month.
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  • Chicago police arrested a second person in the murder of a 5-year-old boy and his mother two months ago.
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  • Police in west suburban Cicero are investigating after three people were shot.
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  • Protesters marched seven miles from Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission to Northwestern Memorial Hospital while carrying caskets representing undocumented immigrants who have died because they were denied care by hospitals.
  • The group marched seven miles from Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission to Northwestern Memorial Hospital while carrying caskets representing undocumented immigrants who have died because they were denied care by hospitals.
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  •  Northwestern Hospital and the Chicago Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society hosted the Make the Cut hair donation event Sunday.
  • Northwestern Hospital and the Chicago Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society hosted the "Make the Cut" hair donation event Sunday.
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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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  • Operation Backpack
  • The Retired Professional Football Players of Chicago partnered with Kohl's Cares for Operation Backpack.
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  • Two cars collided and burst into flames early Sunday in the 4500-block of Western Avenue.
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  • Lake Shore Drive reopened Sunday after it was closed for a few hours between Chicago Avenue and Division Street for a helicopter lift.
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  • The suspect accused of attacking a woman while she slept in her Chicago home made his initial court appearance Saturday.
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  • 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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  • Hall of Fame Bulls great Scottie Pippen gave pointers to some kids at a popular Chicago Park District skills clinic Saturday.
  • Hall of Fame Bulls great Scottie Pippen gave pointers to some kids at a popular Chicago Park District skills clinic Saturday.
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  • 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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  • Perseid meteor
  • Forget the fireworks at Navy Pier, some in Chicago were out Saturday night looking at nature's light show, the Perseid meteor shower.
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  • From the pages of comic books to the floor of the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, its the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con this weekend.
  • From the pages of comic books to the floor of the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, it's the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con this weekend.
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