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2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Monday's tornado in this Oklahoma City suburb damaged or destroyed 1,200 homes and affected 33,000 people, officials said Thursday. Updating figures from one of the worst US tornados in recent years, they said the death toll from the powerful twister -- which struck with little notice in mid-afternoon -- remains at 24, with 377 injured. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

PAWS To Help Oklahoma Deal With Post-Tornado Influx Of Dogs, Cats

The suspect in a TCF Bank robbery. (Credit: FBI)

Woman Robs North Side Bank

Chicago firefighters respond to an extra-alarm blaze in an abandoned building at 1433 S. Kenneth Ave. on Thursday. (Credit: Chicago Fire Department)

One Hurt In Extra-Alarm Blaze In Abandoned Lawndale Building

The 2-11 alarm fire occurred at a 3-story apartment building at 1433 S. Kenneth Ave. about 5:45 a.m.

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Gang Member Gets 25 Years For Double Homicide In Griffith

A Latin Kings street gang member will serve 25 years in prison in connection with his part in the double homicide outside a Griffith restaurant in February 2007.

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The Chicago skyline. (Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Census Data: Chicago Slowest Growing Big City In U.S.

Chicago gained nearly 10,000 people from July 2011 to July 2012, but was the slowest-growing major city in the country according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday.

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Chicago Man Shot And Killed In Calumet City

Charles Keller died after he was shot in the chest multiple times near 152nd Place and Freeland Avenue about 1 a.m.

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Pretty much everyone hates you, Donald. (Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Jury Deliberates Whether Trump ‘Conned’ 87-Year-Old Woman

Is Donald Trump a “reprehensible” conman who ripped off an Evanston grandmother and “stole her faith in other people?” Or is he being unfairly sued by a “sophisticated investor” who bought two hotel condos in the Trump Tower “with her eyes wide open” but got buyer’s remorse and backed out?

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A van crashed into a CTA bus after the bus skidded on metal sheeting on the road near 64th Street and Kedzie Avenue on Thursday. The bus also hit a building after skidding off the road. (Credit: Bernie Tafoya/WBBM)

Two Hurt When CTA Bus Crashes Into Building In Chicago Lawn

A police officer said someone cut off the bus, and when the bus driver slammed on the brakes, the bus slid on wet heavy metal sheeting on the roadway, then crossed into oncoming traffic, and hit a building.

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McHenry Officials Warn Of Rental Property Scams

Scammers will run an ad – on Craigslist, for example – which touts low rent for a nice house, and ask for money to hold the property for interested renters.

WBBM Newsradio–2013/05/23

Police Warn Of Smart Phone Thefts In Bronzeville

Police are seeking two teenaged thieves, who allegedly stole smart phones twice in the past week on or near 35th Street, near U.S. Cellular Field and the IIT campus.

WBBM Newsradio–2013/05/23

BGA, 2 Investigators: Ambulance Breakdowns Could Prove Deadly

It could have been a matter of life or death last month when a city ambulance broke down while rushing a gunshot victim to a hospital for emergency care. How could that happen? Pam Zekman and the Better Government Association investigate.

2013/05/22

Anthony Overton Elementary School. (Credit: CBS)

Parents React To Closing Of Bronzeville School

At one of the schools ordered closed by CPS – there was quiet opposition from some parents today…and some seemed resigned to what is about to happen. CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports.

2013/05/22

Man Gets 50 Years In Prison For Killing Man He Pimped To His Pregnant Wife

Timothy Smith tearfully apologized Thursday for pimping his pregnant wife and for gunning down an unarmed man who came to their McHenry County home seeking sex.

2013/05/22

Brandon A. Williams (Credit:McHenry County Sheriff's office)

Wanted McHenry County Fugitive Nabbed In Milwaukee

The list of Top Ten fugitives in McHenry County got shorter after a man wanted for the sexual abuse of a girl was captured by police and federal agents in Milwaukee.

2013/05/22

The bodies of two men were discovered near 71st and South Oakley around 3:20 p.m. inside a white Camaro. (Credit: CBS)

Bodies Of 2 Men Found In Car In West Englewood

Two bodies were found inside a car on the South Side and one of the victims worked for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown.

2013/05/22

North Suburban Teacher Resigns In Emotional Youtube Video

A north suburban teacher gives new meaning to the term “burning your bridges behind you,” as she resigns on a YouTube video decrying a shift towards “Teaching to the Test.”

2013/05/22

The List: Chicago Schools To Be Closed

The Chicago School Board voted to close 49 underutilized or underperforming elementary schools on Wednesday as part of a plan to close a $1 billion budget deficit.

2013/05/22

Board Votes To Close 49 Chicago Elementary Schools

The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday voted to close 49 elementary schools, in what is believed to be the biggest single mass shutdown of schools in U.S. history.

2013/05/22

Former West Aurora High School band director Steve Orland has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing two students. (Credit: Kane County Sheriff's Office)

No Charges For West Aurora School Officials In Probe Of Sex Abuse Case

McMahon said people can agree or disagree with his decision not to file charges, but he stands by it as the right thing to do. He said there was no evidence of a coverup, and that the problem was more one of ignorance of the state’s reporting law than anything else.

WBBM Newsradio–2013/05/22

Lockdown Lifted At Morton West High School

Morton West High School has been placed on lock down for precautionary reasons after an unknown individual entered the building.

2013/05/22

Lawmakers Debate Lowering Mandatory School Age From 7 To 6

The Illinois Senate has passed a measure that would require parents to send their kids to school before their 7th birthday, in a vote that broke down along party lines.

2013/05/22

Michael Santoro, a former student at Glenbard East High School, is charged with planning an act of violence against the school. (Credit: DuPage County State's Attorney's office.)

Former Glenbard East Student Accused Of Planning Columbine-Type Attack

A 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East High School in Lombard was in custody on Wednesday, accused of planning a “Columbine-style” attack on the school, with a list of people he wanted to target.

2013/05/22

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Click here to read the entire story... Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse on January 23, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Blaze Destroys Bridgeport Warehouse, Leaves Behind Ice-Coated Shell

The ice-encrusted remains of a massive abandoned warehouse, the site of the biggest blaze in Chicago in about seven years, was still smoldering on Wednesday …

Teachers March Down Michigan Ave.

Teachers marched down Michigan Avenue, taking aim at the use of TIF money for non-educational purposes. Things seemed more optimistic for the teachers’ strike Thursday, a deal close to being struck. Though school won’t come back on Friday, it seems likely there will be classes come Monday. (Credit: Mason Johnson)

Teachers’ Strike: Day 2

The teachers’ strike is on its second day and will likely to go into a third, according to Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis. Salary is far from the only issue on teachers’ minds. Other issues include quality of the classroom, job security, and teacher evaluations…