Chicago
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CTA to improve Blue Line train station serving hospitals
Aug 10, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Transit Authority is undertaking a $23 million project to upgrade the Illinois Medical District Blue Line train station on the city's West Sid...
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Surgeon general's Illinois visit highlights opioid crisis
Aug 10, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. surgeon general's campaign against prescription painkiller addiction came to Chicago, where he toured a substance abuse treatment facility. Durin...
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Suburban actors help launch new musicals at Chicago theater festAug 10, 2016 6:00 am - Conor McGarry has a colorful way of describing his latest acting role. The Hoffman Estates native has had only a few weeks to rehearse for the show, while last-minute sc...
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Quintana a textbook study in why individual wins are meaninglessAug 10, 2016 1:01 am - The great Mark Buehrle never was never one to dwell on individual numbers, but the former Chicago White Sox starting pitching was obsessed with one statistic. Innings pi...
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Chicago Bears rookie Whitehair quietly learning his jobAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - Left guard Cody Whitehair is the only Bears rookie listed as a starter on the depth chart for Thursday night's preseason opener against Denver. His work hasn't been disc...
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A lot to watch as Chicago Bears offense gets its first testAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - Baby steps. That's what preseason openers are about, especially for a team like the Bears, with so many question marks and personnel decisions still to be answered. Tha...
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As CPS cuts overall spending, some central departments grow
Aug 09, 2016 11:00 pm - CEO Forrest Claypool heralded new efficiencies to keep "cuts away from the classroom" earlier this week when he unveiled Chicago Public Schools' $5.4 billion in budget r...
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Lackey pitches Chicago Cubs to 8th straight winAug 09, 2016 10:48 am - There's no doubt the Chicago Cubs have turned things around since the all-star break - and then some. The good times continued rolling Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, as...
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10-year-old Chicago boy shot in back, in critical condition
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The mother of a 10-year-old boy who was shot in Chicago says he is in critical condition after undergoing surgery. Mellanie Washington said her son, Tavon...
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Suburban Chicago pair get prison time for heroin overdose
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Two suburban Chicago residents have received prison sentences after pleading guilty to giving a fatal dose of heroin in March 2015 to a man visiting...