http://wbbm780.com Appears on main article template, right. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:02:42 EDT en-us The chairman of the Democratic caucus in the House said Sunday his party has the 216 votes needed to pass the historic health care bill.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:55:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783790 Snow and rain is expected to continue through Sunday morning before slowly giving way to more spring-like temperatures that are expected to return by mid-week.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:34:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783726 President Obama was the target of slings and arrows Saturday from some of the nation's most quoted African-American leaders at Chicago State University. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:08:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783769 Four men passed a gun between themselves and threatened to &quot;blast&quot; a man meeting a woman at an Elgin park during a Saturday robbery and beating.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:28:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783771 Pam Gaible has a front row seat to history. As manager of the Field Museum mount shop, she has handled ancient Indian pottery, million-dollar gems and, most recently, woolly mammoth poop.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:39:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783777 Police in Champaign and Urbana are urging caution after four attacks on women were reported in the last week on or near the University of Illinois campus.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:59:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783901 The Regional Transportation Authority is thinking about selling ad space on the Web site for its Travel Information Center. But some board members may want to derail the idea.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:53:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783900 The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs says it has plans to honor female veterans in the state with a program in Chicago that is to include a resource fair.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:41:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783852 A felon with ties to two Bloom Township High School District 206 board members is working as a maintenance supervisor at Bloom Trail High School in Steger.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:36:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783847 Salvia Vacquec, 38, of Aurora, can visit her mother in Mexico anytime she wants. Her brother can't.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:34:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783846 An Elgin man was charged last week with felony aggravated criminal abuse of a minor for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old girl.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:29:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783833 The former Morse Theatre in Rogers Park will reopen for live music in mid-June, a public relations firm representing the business said Friday.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:25:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783824 Cook County was awarded a two-year, $16 million federal grant for obesity prevention on Friday.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:22:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783828 Metra has seen an explosion in the number of riders bringing bicycles on board. That number is about to increase even more.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:14:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783807 Following a statewide cattle call of more than 100 aspiring lieutenant governors, Democratic party officials picked 17 names to advance to the finals next Saturday.<br /> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5783743 Liz Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to first lady Lady Bird Johnson, died Saturday. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:22:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782705 A man was killed after he crashed the car he was driving in through a fence at an Indiana state prison early Saturday.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:11:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782693 After two separate shooting incidents this month &mdash; one that left three teens injured and another that resulted in a man's death &mdash; the police chief in north suburban Scahumburg has issued a letter detailing the crimes and assuring residents of the village's &quot;long history of being a safe community.&quot;<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:09:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782687 A federal subpoena for village records in south suburban Channahon specifically seeks information about Mayor Joe Cook and a business license.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:05:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782684 Chicago Police officials have reassigned an officer to desk duty because of comments, recorded by a cell phone, that he made during a traffic stop.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:00:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782667 The Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services is investigating the Wednesday morning death of a South Side infant.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:26:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782634 CTA buses will be rerouted and parking restrictions will be in effect Sunday morning for the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K run. <strong>SEE&nbsp;WHERE</strong><br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:06:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782615 An apparent shooter is in police custody after a Saturday afternoon incident that left a Chicago Police officer with a broken ankle and another man shot.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:54:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782589 Where are college students to be counted in the U.S. Census -- at home, or in their college towns?<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:42:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782582 Audition day for lieutenant governor in the Democratic Party brought out a used-car salesman, veteran legislators, an expert on bat houses and a political legend's daughter.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:32:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782572 Officials at Stroger Hospital in Chicago say they sold 2,500 car seats last year in a program aimed at keeping children safe.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:09:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782117 State senators have approved a proposal to set up a High Speed Rail Commission for Illinois.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:07:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782116 The first day of spring is feeling more like winter in Chicago.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:56:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782085 City officials refused to comment Friday on the status of Pablo, even as a source close to the situation reported that the former Waukegan Police Department German shepherd had been euthanized on Wednesday.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:40:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782043 The driver of a car that spun out on the North-South Tollway (I-355) and into a retention pond in the western suburbs has been hospitalized, suffering from minor hypothermia from being in the water.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:34:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782038 A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Post-Tribune reporter and Chicago resident to six months of home detention and three years' probation for stealing $18,100 from a newsroom employee union.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:30:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782022 Michael Rebecca will be 292 years old if he lives long enough to complete his prison sentences.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:25:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782019 Investigators from the DuPage County Sheriff's Office late Friday continued their probe of a hit-and-run traffic crash involving a stolen Ford Expedition that was fished out of a retention pond on Naperville's far northwest side.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:22:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782017 A Chicago man filed a lawsuit Friday against six Chicago Police officers and the city of Chicago for more than $3 million for allegedly repeatedly arresting him and falsifying police reports in retaliation for a 2003 crash involving a police car.<br&nbsp;/> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:20:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782012 Pope Benedict XVI rebuked Irish bishops Saturday for &quot;grave errors of judgment&quot; in handling clerical sex abuse.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:12:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5782001 Indian investigators will be able to question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:49:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5781960 People on campus at the University of Illinois captured a syringe-wielding robber and held him until police arrived.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:39:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5781955 A boy is dead and his father is in critical condition after a semi truck struck them as they attempted to cross a street Friday afternoon.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:11:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5781927 More than 59,000 Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Card Plus and Chicago Card users&rsquo; cards are set to expire beginning in April.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:03:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5781924 A 25-year-old man getting a haircut at a shop on the city's northwest side is dead after being shot multiple times.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:53:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5781910 It may not have been like the Lottery commercials where cash rains down on the streets, but luck did strike a few times Friday night.<br /> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:31:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5781888 A 6-year-old boy was hospitalized in &ldquo;extremely critical&rdquo; condition after a semi truck struck him and his father Friday afternoon in the South Side Pilsen neighborhood. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:44:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5780115 The national director of a priest sex abuse survivors&rsquo; group says Pope Benedict has been &ldquo;all talk, no action&rdquo; when it comes to the issue of the priest sex abuse scandal that has now erupted in Ireland, Austria and other parts of Europe. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:10:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5779967 Jay-Z performed at The United Center last night, just one night before his close friend, LeBron James, takes over the building. The Bulls host the Cavs tonight.<br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:44:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5779558 A convicted felon eligible for release next week may stay behind bars after all after a mold-covered criminal sexual assault kit from four years ago was discovered in an unplugged refrigerator of the Ford Heights Police Dept., linking the man to the&nbsp;2006 rape of a 13-year-old girl.<br /> <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:25:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5779447 Jesse James released a statement Thursday apologizing to his wife, Sandra Bullock, and his three children after facing allegations of infidelity. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:41:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5779100 Charges have been filed against a man who slammed into a construction worker and killed him, then abandoned his car on I-80 in Northwest Indiana. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5779066 Gov. Pat Quinn is said to be eyeing veteran lawmaker Susan Garrett of Lake Forest for his running mate, according to a published report. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:44:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778889 A basketball player at a boy's high school game in Grandville, Michigan Wednesday shattered the backboard following a slam dunk in the third quarter. The 6'9&quot; player's two-hand jam yanked the rim from the backboard, sending glass flying.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:23:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778802 Gurpreet Singh was working his final shift as a 7-Eleven clerk _ before starting a full-time job at a hospital _ when he was gunned down during a robbery. Police are searching for his killer.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:20:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778792 A central Indiana woman faces two felony counts of animal cruelty after she allegedly doused her two pet dogs with gasoline and set them on fire. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:18:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778789 Two women in Phoenix are in critical condition with hundreds of bee stings after a swarm attacked them while they were out for an evening walk. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:12:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778768 <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:51:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778670 <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:51:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778655 <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:31:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778601 <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:23:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778586 <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:13:00 EDT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MATISSE_EXHIBITION_ILOL-?SITE=WBBMAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Couple believes their photo may show missing college student's skeleton. <em><strong>TELL US WHAT YOU THINK - SEE THE PHOTO</strong></em><br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:40:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778445 Thanks to less freeze-thaw and some preventative resurfacing.&nbsp; ARE YOU STILL DODGING POTHOLES? Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:49:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778286 Someone is trying to kill cops in picturesque rural town.<br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:04:00 EDT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POLICE_BOOBY_TRAPS?SITE=WBBMAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT The motorcycle he was riding unable to avoid collision allegedly because of potholes. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:56:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778093 A bloody night in Chicago. One victim dies.<br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:37:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5778058 Secret “perversion files” documents that chronicle sex abuse by Scout leaders over the years could be made public. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:27:00 EDT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_SEX_ABUSE?SITE=WBBMAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT When their mom went into labor with no one else around, a 9-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister quickly responded like pros. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:18:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5777922 School board in Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 terminates driver accused of driving dozens of students home while drunk. Boss allegedly let her drive despite warnings from co-workers. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:21:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5777897 Hit by Anaheim Ducks&rsquo; James Wisniewski left Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook dazed. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:01:00 EDT http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5777875 German researchers successfully prevent detection of lump of gold. 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