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    <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:38:40 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Toddler abandoned at firehouse</title>
	
	    	<description>This boy is no newborn. Why aunt says she did it.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Now, CTA riders have 2 reasons to allow extra time</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Official: one good thing about serious snow</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>The candidate, the party and the case of the missing mink</title>
	
	    	<description>Guest says fur disappeared at Scott Lee Cohen election night party. She&#38;rsquo;s perturbed by offer of pawnshop replacement coat.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Depressed junior high teacher claims disability discrim</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Bugging out: U of Ill. hosts insect film festival</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>New way of borrowing for NU students</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Snowfall snarling travel in much of Indiana</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Congressional panel prepares hearing on Asian carp</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Group makes deal to buy land near Hollywood sign</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Cop car left running, man accused of stealing it</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Duckworth for lieutenant governor?</title>
	
	    	<description>With Scott Lee Cohen gone, there are reports Gov.Quinn wants Tammy Duckworth as his running mate.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Lawyer: Stacy planned to blackmail Peterson</title>
	
	    	<description>Attorney says Stacy Peterson unveiled her plan for prying money out of Drew when she gave him the boot.&#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Man survives 3 days in SUV buried in snow</title>
	
	    	<description>Find out how he made it.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:36:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Snow all day and tonight  WBBM OFFICIAL STORM CENTER</title>
	
	    	<description>Flights canceled. Plan your commute. &#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Hynes Doesn't Want To Run For Lt. Gov.</title>
	
	    	<description>Dan Hynes conceded the Illinois Democratic gubernatorial primary to Pat Quinn two days after the primary election, after vote counts showed him about 8,000 votes behind.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Cops to face random alcohol testing under new contracts</title>
	
	    	<description>Chicago Police lieutenants and captains face stringent drug and alcohol testing under contracts ratified Monday by a joint City Council committee.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Man found dead in alley was strangled, beaten</title>
	
	    	<description>An unidentified man found dead in an alley on the Southwest Side on Sunday morning was strangled and beaten, an autopsy revealed Monday.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>DCFS investigating death of toddler</title>
	
	    	<description>The state Dept. of Children and Family Services is investigating the death of a 19-month-old northwest suburban boy.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Two charged in fatal stabbing of 70-year-old</title>
	
	    	<description>Two people are awaiting extradition from Kentucky after being charged in connection with the murder of a 70-year-old man last week in his far north suburban home.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:53:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>US to commit $78M to try to halt Asian carp</title>
	
	    	<description>The Obama administration says it will spend $78.5 million to halt the giant Asian carp.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>How Was Your CTA Commute?</title>
	
	    	<description>CTA commuters experience first rush hour with cuts. &#60;em&#62;&#60;strong&#62;TELL US YOUR STORY - ANSWER POLL QUESTION&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/em&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>State Cops Seize $9M Of Pot At Suburban Warehouse</title>
	
	    	<description>Illinois State Police seized more than $9 million worth of marijuana last week after searching a semi-trailer truck that was also transporting citrus fruit and a Franklin Park warehouse.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>4 Arrested, 2 Trampled At Roller Rink</title>
	
	    	<description>The owner of a roller skating rink was cited for overcrowding and four teens were arrested during a disturbance.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Plastic now fantastic at suburban Metra stations</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Man arrested in 1984 murder</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Suburban man dies in snowmobile crash</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Durbin to chair Giannoulias Senate campaign</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Actor nears 40 years in same role</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Boeing's 747-8 freighter to make first flight</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Governors, Obama meet today on Asian carp</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Harps are 'Made in Chicago' PHOTOS - VIDEO</title>
	
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Student creates program to help feral cats</title>
	
	    	<description>Program founded by Notre Dame theology student traps and sterilizes un-domesticated felines.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Longer waits, more crowding on CTA - GET SERVICE CHANGE DETAILS</title>
	
	    	<description>Transit riders asked for patience, as they endure the first rush periods since CTA imposed its biggest service cuts in 12 years.&#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Cohen says he's dropping out of lieutenant governor's race</title>
	
	    	<description>&#38;ldquo;For the good of the people of  state of illinois and the Democratic party I will resign,&#38;rdquo; Cohen says.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Pilot program puts police office in library branch</title>
	
	    	<description>Residents of one neighborhood will now be able to go to the library to fill out police reports under a pilot city program launched Saturday.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Body Found in State Park Was Missing Woman</title>
	
	    	<description>A woman whose body was located Saturday in Starved Rock State Park has been identified as a missing Evanston woman.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Police post drug sale signs</title>
	
	    	<description>The Belleville Police Department has a new tactic in fighting the drug trade in the city.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Police pursued drunken driver all the way from Indiana</title>
	
	    	<description>A drunken driver who allegedly led police on a chase that began in Indiana and ended outside a North Side police station has been charged.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Memorial set for Romeoville soldier</title>
	
	    	<description>Romeoville will honor their slain soldier Monday with a memorial tribute.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Man charged for pushing responding firefighter: police</title>
	
	    	<description>A northwest suburban man was charged after he allegedly pushed a firefighter responding to his East Dundee home last Thursday.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Female struck by train in West Loop: police</title>
	
	    	<description>A female was hospitalized after reportedly jumping in front of a CTA elevated rain early Sunday in the West Loop.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Snowstorm halts flights from Chicago - CHECK YOUR FLIGHT</title>
	
	    	<description>Light snow dusted parts of the Chicago area Saturday, but it was the blizzard on the East Coast that canceled flights at both the city&#38;rsquo;s airports.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Prostitute: Cohen Not Fit For Office</title>
	
	    	<description>Convicted prostitute at the center of a scandal with Democratic Lt. Governor nominee says she &#38;ldquo;does not believe he is fit to hold any public office.&#38;rsquo;&#38;rsquo;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>'Green' Experiment at City Hall Stinks</title>
	
	    	<description>There's been a stench coming from the second floor of City Hall -- and it has nothing to do with the steady stream of Chicago aldermen convicted on corruption charges. &#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Toyota dealership servicing pedals 'round the clock</title>
	
	    	<description>Toyota dealers are taking some unusual steps to repair their brand's image, in the wake of that huge recall to fix sticky gas pedals.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>PACE imposes service cuts</title>
	
	    	<description>CTA is not the only Chicago-area transit agency implementing service cuts.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>CTA service cuts take effect</title>
	
	    	<description>CTA officials early Sunday imposed the transit agency's biggest service cuts since 1998.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Daley: Media Didn't Investigate Cohen Thorougly</title>
	
	    	<description>Mayor Daley is chiding the media for not delving more closely into Scott Lee Cohen's background before Tuesday's primary election.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>For-profit mental institutions cost Illinois $122M</title>
	
	    	<description>Illinois taxpayers spend more than $122 million a year to care for the mentally ill in privately run, for-profit nursing homes.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>U of I reveals budget Web site</title>
	
	    	<description>A new Web site has gone online that officials at the University of Illinois say will offer information about the school's budget.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Businessman accused of stealing race car, cash</title>
	
	    	<description>A Valparaiso businessman faces theft charges in Lake County after police say he stole a race car being built for him in Gary.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Police look for 2 who abducted, robbed out-of-state woman</title>
	
	    	<description>Schaumburg police are looking for two men who allegedly held a woman at gunpoint Friday and forced her to drive to an ATM to make a withdrawal.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:57:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Man allegedly accused of telling dogs to attack</title>
	
	    	<description>A Gary man is being held on $120,000 bail after he ordered his pitbulls to attack a woman who refused to comply with his demands for sex.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Video poker king target of federal investigation</title>
	
	    	<description>Casey Szaflarski allegedly runs a multimillion-dollar video poker business for the Chicago mob.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Evanston Woman's Body Found In State Park</title>
	
	    	<description>Body found on popular trail that runs alongside Illinois River.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Services For Actor, Waukegan Native</title>
	
	    	<description>A funeral and memorial service have been arranged for actor Justin Mentell, a 2001 Waukegan High School graduate who died Monday in a Wisconsin car accident.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Nursing home loses legal fight to stay in Medicaid</title>
	
	    	<description>A Chicago nursing home where mentally ill patients were found wandering off without permission, fighting with other patients and suffering verbal abuse lost a court fight Friday to remain in the Medicaid program.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Former student suffers graze wound outside Evanston High</title>
	
	    	<description>A former student suffered an apparent graze wound in a shooting outside Evanston Township High School Friday night.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:29:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538752</link>
    		
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    	<title>Student arrested after bringing knife to middle school</title>
	
	    	<description>A middle school student was arrested Friday for allegedly bringing a knife to school in west suburban Naperville.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Class action lawsuit filed against AT&#38;T over-tax on Internet</title>
	
	    	<description>A suburban man filed a federal class-action lawsuit Friday against AT&#38;amp;T, claiming the company&#38;rsquo;s practice of charging sales tax on data plans allowing remote internet access is illegal.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:18:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538747</link>
    		
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    	<title>1 dead as pedestrians struck by Amtrak train</title>
	
	    	<description>Authorities say a northbound Amtrak train from Chicago struck two pedestrians near a crossing in suburban Lake Forest, killing one of them.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:11:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538741</link>
    		
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    	<title>Source: Cohen seeking 'honorable way' to drop out</title>
	
	    	<description>Embattled Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen is seeking an &#38;quot;honorable way&#38;quot; out, a Cohen campaign source said Friday night.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Man struck by Red Line train: police</title>
	
	    	<description>Power was cut on the CTA Red Line tracks early Saturday after a train struck a man on the Far North Side, police said.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Man filed false accident report to skip jury duty</title>
	
	    	<description>Federal authorities in Rockford say a man who reportedly faked an accident to avoid jury duty in U.S. District Court won't have to sit on a panel.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:16:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538697</link>
    		
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    	<title>Suburban man sues Toyota after stuck pedal causes crash</title>
	
	    	<description>A suburban man who was injured after the gas pedal of his rented Toyota Corolla stuck and caused a crash is suing both Toyota and Hertz.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:12:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538693</link>
    		
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    	<title>Woman sues husband after allegedly contracting herpes</title>
	
	    	<description>A Cook County woman filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $50,000 from her husband, who she claims gave her herpes.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:09:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538690</link>
    		
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    	<title>Chicago Transit Authority cuts service</title>
	
	    	<description>Because a last-minute negotiating session failed, the Chicago Transit Authority is imposing threatened service cuts.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:48:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538666</link>
    		
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    	<title>Comcast: Products now Xfinity</title>
	
	    	<description>Cable TV and Internet company Comcast isn&#38;rsquo;t going anywhere, Chicago, though you won&#38;rsquo;t be hearing its name as much anymore.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:40:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538646</link>
    		
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    	<title>Mega Millions Rolls Over, Jackpot Climbs</title>
	
	    	<description>No one matched all six winning numbers in Friay night's Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing and the grand prize grew.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:29:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5538635</link>
    		
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    	<title>Pathologist: Peterson's ex-wife didn't die in fall</title>
	
	    	<description>A pathologist who concluded that the death of Drew Peterson's ex-wife was a homicide and not an accident as first determined testified Friday that her injuries weren't consistent with a fall in a bathtub.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Man pleads not guilty to drug-fueled fatal hit-and-run</title>
	
	    	<description>A man who prosecutors say was driving in a drug-fueled haze pleaded not guilty Friday to striking and killing a 48-year-old Rogers Park woman and severely injuring her son in late December.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:53:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537240</link>
    		
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    	<title>$500K bond for convicted felon in shooting of off-duty cop</title>
	
	    	<description>A convicted felon was ordered held on $500,000 bond Friday after being charged with shooting an off-duty south suburban police officer inside a grocery Wednesday night on the Southwest Side.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:25:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537181</link>
    		
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    	<title>$25K bond for woman accused of stealing CTA van</title>
	
	    	<description>Bond was set at $25,000 Friday for a woman charged with stealing a CTA van as an employee cleaned along the Blue Line on the Northwest Side on Thursday morning.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:20:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537153</link>
    		
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    	<title>Four years in prison for providing heroin that killed teen</title>
	
	    	<description>A west suburban man will spend four years in prison for providing heroin to a man later found dead in a Chicago alley and for assaulting a corrections officer while he was being held on bond.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:15:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537135</link>
    		
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    	<title>Norridge chief exec diagnosed with leukemia</title>
	
	    	<description>Norridge Village President Ronald Oppedisano has been diagnosed with leukemia.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:12:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537130</link>
    		
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    	<title>$1M bond for man charged in girlfriend's brutal beating</title>
	
	    	<description>A West Side man was ordered held on $1 million bond Friday after being charged with the attempted murder of his girlfriend.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:10:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537119</link>
    		
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    	<title>Three vehicles and a semi crash on the Dan Ryan</title>
	
	    	<description>A crash involving three vehicles and a semi closed two lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side Friday afternoon.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:07:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537113</link>
    		
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    	<title>Woman sentenced to 45 years in torture killing</title>
	
	    	<description>An Illinois woman was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder of a pregnant, developmentally impaired mother.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:28:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537016</link>
    		
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    	<title>Brady says he's not calling on Dillard to concede</title>
	
	    	<description>State Sen. Bill Brady says the delay in knowing for sure whether he's won the Republican nomination for Illinois governor hurts but isn't devastating.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:25:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537012</link>
    		
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    	<title>Central Ill. man's trash chute death an accident</title>
	
	    	<description>A central Illinois coroner says a man found dead in an apartment trash chute died accidentally.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:22:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537009</link>
    		
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    	<title>Ill. kitten pulled from dash gets new home, name</title>
	
	    	<description>Central Illinois mechanic Dana Underwood makes the nooks and crannies of a car sound like a small-animal zoo.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:21:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5537003</link>
    		
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    	<title>Bears Make D-Coordinator Decision</title>
	
	    	<description>The Chicago Bears have promoted Rod Marinelli to defensive coordinator. POLL QUESTION</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:05:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5536944</link>
    		
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    	<title>Super Bowl Crack Down</title>
	
	    	<description>Illinois state police are treating Super Bowl weekend like any other holiday by setting up details to crack-down on impaired drivers.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:40:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5536539</link>
    		
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    	<title>Witness suggests Savio killed over money</title>
	
	    	<description>&#38;nbsp;A witness in a pretrial hearing for Drew Peterson has suggested that money was a big part of why the former Bolingbrook police sergeant may have wanted his ex-wife dead.&#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:24:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5536184</link>
    		
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    	<title>Indiana meth lab seizures jumped 24 percent in 2009</title>
	
	    	<description>Indiana police agencies report seizing 24 percent more methamphetamine labs during 2009.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:02:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5536091</link>
    		
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    	<title>Former teacher convicted of selling cocaine</title>
	
	    	<description>A former teacher and athletics director at a southern Illinois high school will be sentenced next month now that he's been convicted of dealing drugs.&#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:47:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5536011</link>
    		
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    	<title>Coroner: Babies found in trunk likely female</title>
	
	    	<description>A northern Illinois woman charged with murder in the death of a newborn girl is likely the mother of two other infants found dead in a trunk. &#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:42:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5535997</link>
    		
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    	<title>North Side woman charged with stealing CTA van</title>
	
	    	<description>An Uptown neighborhood woman was charged with allegedly stealing a Chicago Transit Authority van.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:16:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5535884</link>
    		
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    	<title>Cops: Man charged with brutal beating</title>
	
	    	<description>A West Side man was charged with the attempted murder of his girlfriend.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5535825</link>
    		
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    	<title>Police save kidnapped women and arrest three</title>
	
	    	<description>An Ohio grandmother kidnapped Thursday allegedly by one of her grandsons and three other people was found safe.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:50:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5535784</link>
    		
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    	<title>Report: parking meter firm gets paid even when streets closed</title>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:45:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5535568</link>
    		
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    	<title>Coroner: Babies found in trunk likely female</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Sentencing set in torture killing</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Platforms built to attract big birds</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Senate likely to be less diverse after elections</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Free diabetes testing starts</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Tips on finding tax preparation help offered</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Prosecutors close to calling last Peterson witness</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Mom says store shooter was depressed</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Snow in the forecast WBBM OFFICIAL STORM CENTER</title>
	
	    	<description>Better find the snow shovel, but our snow is nothing like what the Mid-Atlantic region is expecting.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Police pursue drunk driver all the way from Indiana</title>
	
	    	<description>His car blew two tires and was only driving on rims.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:27:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Charges in Facebook threat</title>
	
	    	<description>Suburban man accused of posting messages threatening lives of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:39:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5534848</link>
    		
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    	<title>Police Chase, Crash Follows Suburban Burglary</title>
	
	    	<description>A home burglary started a police chase that ended with a four-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:18:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5529519</link>
    		
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    	<title>High School Football Star Dies From Crash Injuries</title>
	
	    	<description>One of the two teenagers critically injured last week when their vehicle struck a pole near unincorporated west suburban Glen Ellyn died on Thursday.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Park Ridge Police Department Raided By FBI</title>
	
	    	<description>Officials from the Cook County State's Attorney's office and the FBI seized records and computer equipment last week from the Park Ridge Police Department as part of an apparent investigation related, at least in part, to a recently settled federal lawsuit, the Police Department reported.eports, incident reports, personnel files</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Blago charged in new corruption indictment</title>
	
	    	<description>Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been charged in a fresh corruption indictment.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>UPDATE: Body parts found inside plastic bag</title>
	
	    	<description>More information is being revealed about the human body parts found in a dumpster on the Southwest Side - and there is speculation that they could be those of a missing African American woman from Park Forest.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:30:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5529007</link>
    		
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    	<title>Police car crashes with Lexus in north suburb</title>
	
	    	<description>Lake Avenue at Hunter Road in north suburban Wilmette remained close to traffic Thursday morning following a crash between a police squad car and a Lexus sports utility vehicle.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:47:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5528421</link>
    		
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    	<title>Man fatally shot in NW suburb</title>
	
	    	<description>A man was shot to death and a young woman was in custody following an early morning shooting in northwest suburban Elgin.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:45:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5528395</link>
    		
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    	<title>Vehicle found in Chicago River near China Town</title>
	
	    	<description>Emergency crews are on the scene fishing out a vehicle in the Chicago River.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Cop charged with stealing money from dead man</title>
	
	    	<description>A north suburban police officer was arrested Thursday and charged with stealing money from a man who had been discovered dead in his room at a YMCA facility.&#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Barricade situation ends with no injuries</title>
	
	    	<description>A barricade situation involving a man inside his girlfriend&#38;rsquo;s South Shore apartment has ended with no injuries and the suspect in custody.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Ill. medical malpractice caps unconstitutional</title>
	
	    	<description>Trial lawyers are praising an Illinois Supreme Court ruling involving caps on some medical malpractice lawsuit awards.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Pat Quinn Gets Dem Nod</title>
	
	    	<description>CHICAGO (AP) - Pat Quinn, Dem, nominated Governor, Illinois.&#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;br /&#62;&#13;&#10;(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>More testimony expected at Peterson hearing PHOTOS</title>
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    	<title>Dold wins GOP nomination in Ill. 10th district</title>
	
	    	<description>WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) - Entrepreneur Robert Dold has won the GOP nomination for Illinois' only open congressional seat.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Kelly wins Democratic nod for Ill. treasurer</title>
	
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    	<title>Hastert's son loses father's former Ill. district</title>
	
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    	<title>Voters set up Kirk vs. Giannoulias</title>
	
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    	<title>Coulson concedes GOP nomination in Ill. 10th</title>
	
	    	<description>NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) - State Rep. Elizabeth Coulson has conceded the Republican nomination in Illinois' 10th Congressional District to businessman Robert Dold.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:23:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Giannoulias Wins Democratic Senate Primary</title>
	
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    	<title>Mark Kirk Wins GOP Senate Primary</title>
	
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    	<title>Topinka wins Ill. GOP treasurer nomination</title>
	
	    	<description>CHICAGO (AP) - Former Illinois state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka has won the Republican nomination for comptroller.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 22:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>End of Stroger era for Cook County Board President</title>
	
	    	<description>CHICAGO (AP) - Longtime Chicago Alderman Toni Preckwinkle has defeated Democratic Cook County Board President Todd Stroger in Illinois' primary election.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 22:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Officer injured after squad car was rear-ended</title>
	
	    	<description>A Chicago Police officer was injured and taken to a hospital Sunday morning after her squad car was rear-ended.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:13:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5498982</link>
    		
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    	<title>Local Institute Sending Medical Equipment to Haiti</title>
	
	    	<description>It would have been easy to throw away the $40,000 X-ray machine collecting dust at the Chicago Neuroscience Institute at Elgin.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:24:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5498908</link>
    		
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    	<title>Meister drops out of Senate race, makes endoresment</title>
	
	    	<description>Attorney Jacob Meister is dropping out of the Illinois Senate race and endorsing a former opponent.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:21:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5498894</link>
    		
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    	<title>Judges to Oak Lawn fire union: Not so fast</title>
	
	    	<description>Members of Oak Lawn's firefighters union are convinced the village broke the terms of their contract for a nine-month spell in 2008.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:59:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5498874</link>
    		
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    	<title>Lane reopens following spill on Bishop Ford</title>
	
	    	<description>One inbound lane of the Bishop Ford Expressway has been reopened following a Sunday afternoon tanker truck indictent.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:49:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5498863</link>
    		
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    	<title>Chicago Police Department to send alert texts</title>
	
	    	<description>The Chicago Police Department introduced Sunday a public safety alert strategy that sends alerts via email and text messages.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:40:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5498859</link>
    		
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    	<title>Man charged with trying to murder father</title>
	
	    	<description>A northwest suburban Elgin man was charged Saturday with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his father during a fight.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:01:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5498031</link>
    		
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    	<title>Suburban businessman donates solar ovens to Haitian relief</title>
	
	    	<description>Haiti's people have suffered the ravages of food scarcity, lack of medicine and drinkable water, crumbling roads and, most recently, a crippling earthquake. But Haiti is not without a major resource -- the sun. And Elburn businessman Paul Munsen is betting sunshine can help relieve Haitians' pain.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:59:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5498003</link>
    		
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    	<title>Gov. pledges millions toward Iowa rail routes</title>
	
	    	<description>Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says his state will put millions toward passenger rail routes from Chicago to Dubuque, Iowa, and the Quad Cities.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:56:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497997</link>
    		
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    	<title>Valuable macaw stolen from pet store</title>
	
	    	<description>It may not be the Maltese falcon, but a 7-month-old green macaw was apparently valuable enough for one man to walk right into the Naperville Petland and steal it last week.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:46:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497920</link>
    		
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    	<title>Overnight Red, Blue Line construction this week</title>
	
	    	<description>Overnight CTA construction will affect Downtown and Near North Side riders of the Red and Blue lines. Passengers should allow extra travel time.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:43:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497918</link>
    		
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    	<title>Art lover walking to Indy to retrieve painting</title>
	
	    	<description>A northwest Indiana art lover is so eager to see a painting at the Indiana State Museum returned to Gary, Ind.'s City Hall, he is promising to walk down to Indianapolis to get it.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:41:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497915</link>
    		
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    	<title>Woman dies three weeks after alleged beating by husband</title>
	
	    	<description>A woman allegedly severely beaten by her husband in a domestic dispute at their Southwest Side home earlier this month died early Sunday. Her husband is being held without bond awaiting trial for the attack.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:38:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497914</link>
    		
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    	<title>Ind. steel company draws criticism for wastewater plan</title>
	
	    	<description>U.S. Steel Gary Works wants to manage contaminated water from its toxic waste landfill by spraying it into the air about a quarter of a mile from a residential neighborhood.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:36:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497911</link>
    		
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    	<title>Tax revenues from Aurora casino fall $900k</title>
	
	    	<description>The final 2009 numbers for the city's gaming tax fund are in, and the news is not good, the Beacon-News is reporting.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:33:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Despite cold, Six Flags job fair draws 500</title>
	
	    	<description>More than 500 job applicants showed up Saturday at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, hoping to find work at the north suburban amusement park.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:44:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497748</link>
    		
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    	<title>CTA chief: We'll take union's furlough days offer</title>
	
	    	<description>The head of the CTA said Saturday he would &#38;quot;gladly&#38;quot; accept union's offer but hasn't heard it proposed at the negotiating table. &#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:27:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497736</link>
    		
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    	<title>Snow Sculptures on Display at Chicago Festival</title>
	
	    	<description>Artists compete in the free outdoor gala in Grant Park along near Michigan Avenue. The prize is $1,500. &#60;strong&#62;PHOTO&#38;nbsp;GALLERY&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>7 arrested, cops injured after 100-person street fight</title>
	
	    	<description>Several officers were injured during an early Saturday morning street fight involving more than 100 people on the Northwest Side.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:38:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497689</link>
    		
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    	<title>New Metra fares go into effect on Monday</title>
	
	    	<description>Metra&#38;rsquo;s new fare structure, including adjustments in one-way fares, begins Monday.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:32:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5497668</link>
    		
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    	<title>Missing woman's car found abandoned</title>
	
	    	<description>A car belonging to a missing south suburban woman was found Thursday night in another southern suburb, according to police, police said.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:47:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5496545</link>
    		
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    	<title>Democrats spar over cemetery scandal</title>
	
	    	<description>A grave desecration scandal at a historic black cemetery is center stage in the race for Illinois governor.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:02:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5496465</link>
    		
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    	<title>City of Chicago to Offer Free Tax Preparation Help</title>
	
	    	<description>The City of Chicago says it's offering free tax preparation help for eligible individuals at several sites throughout the city.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:51:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5496462</link>
    		
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    	<title>1 injury in accident with Ill. campaign bus</title>
	
	    	<description>Officials say one person is critically injured after an accident involving an Illinois congressional candidate's campaign bus in suburban Chicago.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:42:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5496446</link>
    		
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    	<title>Teen arrested after fleeing robbery on bike</title>
	
	    	<description>A northwest suburban teen who fled on his bicycle after robbing a convenience store is in custody.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:35:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5496443</link>
    		
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    	<title>Report: School official was questioned on expenses</title>
	
	    	<description>Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott was asked about his expenses the day before authorities say he took his own life, a published report says.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:23:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5496402</link>
    		
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    	<title>First black hospital in Chicago is remembered</title>
	
	    	<description>The history of Chicago's first hospital operated by African Americans will be discussed at an event Monday honoring Black History Month.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:10:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495890</link>
    		
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    	<title>Freshman applications to Northwestern up 9 percent</title>
	
	    	<description>Northwestern University says the number of freshman applications for this fall has increased 9 percent over last year.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:07:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495888</link>
    		
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    	<title>Shimer in power struggle</title>
	
	    	<description>In all of American academics, it's a good bet there's no place quite like Chicago's Shimer College.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:03:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495884</link>
    		
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    	<title>Hearing set for officer charged with animal neglect</title>
	
	    	<description>The Chicago Police officer charged with animal neglect appeared in Lake County court on Thursday.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:56:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495869</link>
    		
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    	<title>Memorial set for fallen Romeoville soldier</title>
	
	    	<description>A memorial tribute for a Romeoville soldier who died in Afghanistan will be at Feb. 8 in the southwestern suburb.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:52:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495865</link>
    		
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    	<title>Alleged Joliet bombmaker charged</title>
	
	    	<description>A man was arrested Thursday after police reportedly found homemade bombs inside his southwest suburban Joliet house.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:49:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495862</link>
    		
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    	<title>Man sentenced for sex assault on girl</title>
	
	    	<description>The Grayslake man who admitted to putting his hands down the pants of a 5-year-old girl was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday afternoon.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:45:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495836</link>
    		
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    	<title>Charges Mount Against Man Accused of Shooting Dog</title>
	
	    	<description>Man charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor for allegedly fatally a shooting a dog near his home.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:34:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495771</link>
    		
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    	<title>Woman sues Metra after toilet explodes on train</title>
	
	    	<description>A woman is suing Metra claiming the contents of a toilet &#38;quot;exploded&#38;quot; and splattered her as she rode a Joliet-bound train.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:15:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495759</link>
    		
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    	<title>Four men killed in crash: police</title>
	
	    	<description>Four men were killed when the Lexus they were inside overturned early Saturday in the southwest suburbs.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:24:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495719</link>
    		
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    	<title>North Side high school may get mini-Wrigley</title>
	
	    	<description>The Cubs and the Chicago Park District plan to build a $2 million replica of Wrigley Field for high school baseball two miles west of the real thing.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495714</link>
    		
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    	<title>Powerball joins Mega Millions, Illinois Lottery games</title>
	
	    	<description>Move over, Mega Milions, here comes the Powerball.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:46:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495680</link>
    		
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    	<title>Player Wins Mega Millions Jackpot</title>
	
	    	<description>Only one player matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:27:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5495671</link>
    		
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    	<title>Two elderly women injured in high-rise fire</title>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:30:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5493697</link>
    		
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    	<title>Vrdolyak may face time after all</title>
	
	    	<description>A divided appeals court has ruled probation is too soft a punishment for former Chicago Alderman Edward Vrdolyak.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Webio founder pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme</title>
	
	    	<description>The man who plundered the Webio sports venture he started up with sports personality Mike North pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday afternoon, admitting he swindled dozens of investors out of more than $6 million.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:05:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5492200</link>
    		
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    	<title>South Side Irish Parade lovers can't let go</title>
	
	    	<description>Parade? They don't need no stinkin' parade.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:17:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5492084</link>
    		
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    	<title>J.D. Salinger's Secret Safe: Still Secret</title>
	
	    	<description>So what about the safe?&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:24:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5491642</link>
    		
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    	<title>Pair: Black Eyed Peas stole my song!</title>
	
	    	<description>A west suburban songwriter and a singer from Chicago have charged internationally famous band The Black Eyed Peas with ripping them off.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:53:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5491585</link>
    		
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    	<title>Witness: Drew Peterson asked me to kill third wife</title>
	
	    	<description>JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - An acquaintance of Drew Peterson contends the former Bolingbrook police sergeant offered him $25,000 to find somebody to have his ex-wife ``taken care of.'' Witness: Drew Peterson asked me to kill third wife&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5486020</link>
    		
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    	<title>Betty Loren-Maltese seeks shelter in half way house</title>
	
	    	<description>Betty Loren-Maltese, the former Cicero town president who served almost seven years in prison, is basic</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:54:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5485622</link>
    		
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    	<title>J.D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye,' has died</title>
	
	    	<description>Son says J.D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye,' has died at age 91&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:03:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5485081</link>
    		
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    	<title>Indiana youngsters charged for explicit texting</title>
	
	    	<description>A 12-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl from northwest Indiana  face charges after allegedly &#38;quot;sexting&#38;quot; each other, the Post-Tribune is reporting.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:43:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5484957</link>
    		
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    	<title>Peterson convinced Stacy was cheating PHOTOS</title>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:47:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5484454</link>
    		
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    	<title>'Young woman' beaten near CTA station</title>
	
	    	<description>Chicago Police are looking for three males who apparently followed a &#38;ldquo;young woman&#38;rdquo; from a Ravenswood CTA station and beat her.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:27:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5484272</link>
    		
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    	<title>Man arrested with several pairs of female underwear</title>
	
	    	<description>Whatever this guy had planned for the night, we don't want to know.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:07:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5484166</link>
    		
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    	<title>'Major Announcement' Coming About Taste, Fireworks</title>
	
	    	<description>A major announcement is expected Wednesday afternoon regarding the Taste of Chicago and the city's July 3 fireworks show.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:59:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5477322</link>
    		
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    	<title>Mega Millions rolls over, jackpot increases</title>
	
	    	<description>No one matched all six numbers in the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game and the grand prize has jumped! &#60;em&#62;&#60;strong&#62;GET YOUR TICKETS!&#38;nbsp;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/em&#62;&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:04:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5476577</link>
    		
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    	<title>Rock star threatens candidate with copyright suit</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>No letup in Quinn vs. Hynes war of words</title>
	
	    	<description>&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Judge: No cab rides for teens charged with robbing driver</title>
	
	    	<description>Two teenage girls were ordered held on $150,000 bond each and ordered not to ride in cabs after being charged with pepper spraying and robbing a cab driver Monday morning.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:55:00 EST</pubDate>
	    	<link>http://wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&#38;contentId=5470812</link>
    		
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    	<title>Chicago-area home prices dip for second month</title>
	
	    	<description>An index of Chicago-area home prices edged lower for the second straight month in November, a sign that the recovery of the local housing market remains fragile.&#38;nbsp;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<description>Mooseheart center offers to welcome orphans and displaced Haitian children.</description>
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	    	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:31:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<description>A man who contends Chicago police tortured him into confessing to a murder he did not commit walked out of a courtroom a free man Thursday after more than 23 years behind bars.</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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    	<title>Are Property Owners Paying Fair Share Of Taxes?</title>
	
	    	<description>Do you think your property taxes are too high? Most people do and in the process of appealing their taxes, several people squealed on thier neighbors.&#60;br /&#62;</description>
	    	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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	    	<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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