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  • DuPage forest district abandons pursuit of Country Lakes

    DuPage County Forest Preserve officials ended a nearly 15-year legal battle Tuesday when they walked away from a property they still very much want to own. Commissioners voted unanimously to abandon efforts to forcibly acquire the 204-acre Country Lakes Country Club in northwest ...

  • Historic Campton town hall open house planned for Saturday

    The original Campton Township Town Hall was built in 1874 and is on the Kane County and National Register of Historic Places. It was renovated through a riverboat grant in 2011 and will be used for educational purposes. An open house will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 4N498 Town Hall Road, Campton ...

  • New Drugs Give Hope To Patients With Deadly Blood Cancer

    CHICAGO (CBS) — Two new drugs for multiple myeloma are giving new hope to patients with advanced cases of the deadly blood cancer. In this original report, CBS 2′s Derrick Blakley takes a look at how these new treatments are transforming lives. Andrea Rosengarden was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2008, received treatment, but the disease came back and by last year, doctors ...

  • Man Pleads Guilty To Pulling Gun During North Side Soccer Game

    CHICAGO (STMW) – A gang member who pointed a loaded gun at soccer players while their children played nearby last summer at Montrose Harbor pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to a year in prison. Jaime Gutierrez, 20, of the 3600 block of West Leland Avenue, pleaded guilty in Cook County Circuit Court to one count of unlawful use of a firearm, according to Cook County State's ...

  • Tornado Warning In Denver Sends Chicago Travelers Scrambling

    Several reports of funnel clouds in the area forced them to take cover, CBS Denver reports. Tornado sirens went off all across the city when the tornado was reported and the main road to the airport -- Pena Boulevard -- was closed for a short ...


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Movie Review

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

Loosely based on the story of The Supremess astronomical rise to musical superstardom during the turbulent 1960s under the auspices of Motowns Berry Gordon, Dreamgirls was a hit Broadway musical in 1981, winning a plethora of Tony Awards and running for 1,522 performances. The vague ... ...

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  • Steve Gleason On Atlanta Radio Personalities’ Apology ‘Received And Accepted’

    (CBS) Following a poor-taste radio segment that poked fun at former Saints defender Steve Gleason’s battle with ALS, three Atlanta sports radio personalities have been fired. Tuesday afternoon, ...

  • Flood relief funds pour into Kane County

    April flooding racked up an estimated $3 million of damage in Kane County, but disaster assistance applications have resulted in the return of about one-third of that money so far. County officials estimated about 900 properties along the Fox River and its tributaries incurred damage from excessive April rain. Both federal and state officials declared the county an official disaster area, ...

  • Spurs A Model Of Patience Success

    SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Spurs have long been the NBA’s gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio. They have more international players on their roster than any other team in the NBA, and even their American players don’t come straight from ...

  • Heat Need Big Game From James Again

    MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A little more than a year ago, the Miami Heat stood on the verge of elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals. The team’s heart and the ability of the Big Three were being questioned left and right ahead of Game 6 of the Conference Finals. Then LeBron James got "the look" and things were never the same for the Heat. James put the team on his ...

  • Are Kraft Ads A Bit Too Zesty

    One Million Moms thinks so. It wants Kraft, which is headquartered in Northfield, to cease the campaign. The ';Silverware Optional–Let’s Get Zesty'; campaign features a naked ...

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