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CTA To Allow Liquor Ads On Trains, At ‘L’ Stations
CHICAGO (CBS) — For the first time in 15 years, CTA will accept ads for beer, wine and hard liquor. The change in policy is expected to generate an additional $3.2 million for the cash-strapped agency....
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Pfleger Asks Churches To Honor Florida Boy Who Was Shot Dead
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Rev. Michael Pfleger is asking area churches this Sunday to honor the memory of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida boy who was shot and killed by a man who is claiming...
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Death Of Trayvon Martin Strikes Chord In Chicago
UPDATED 03/26/12 8:33 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin last month in Florida, at the hands of a member of the local neighborhood watch, has been sparking...
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Pastors Want Convenience Store Closed, Claim It’s A Haven For Gangbangers
CHICAGO (CBS) — Several Chicago pastors want the city to shut down a convenience store in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood, where six people were shot last week – one of them fatally. CBS 2’s Roseanne...
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Burning Shirt Found On St. Sabina Community Center Doors
UPDATED 04/04/12 4:28 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Vandals left a burning shirt on the door of a community center at St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church early Wednesday, and police are trying to figure out if it...
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Pfleger, Rush Applaud Decision To Charge George Zimmerman
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Rev. Michael Pfleger says he is grateful for the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, but he believes “stand your...
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St. Sabina Holds Annual March Against Violence
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Rev. Michael Pfleger, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy led hundreds of people of all ages Friday night on the annual St. Sabina Church end-of-school...
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Ministers Seek To Make This Weekend “Peace Weekend”
Updated 07/23/12 – 4:31 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Dozens of local ministers have declared this upcoming weekend “Peace Weekend,” and are asking people to work together to end street violence. CBS 2 Chief...
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Move To Ban Assault Weapons Stalls In State Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — An Illinois Senate vote to ban semi-automatic assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips has been delayed, because supporters have yet to line up enough votes to pass...
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Woman Accused Of Stalking Pfleger Found Unfit For Trial
CHICAGO (STMW) — A judge has ruled that a north suburban mother — who said she was stalking the Rev. Michael Pfleger at his South Side church because “God” told her to marry him — is unfit for trial....
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Pfleger Hoping Next Pope Is From Third-World Country
CHICAGO (CBS) — Outspoken St. Sabina pastor Rev. Michael Pfleger said he would like to see cardinals pick someone from a third-world nation as the next pope. WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports Pfleger...
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Maya Angelou, ‘One Of The True Jewels Of Humanity,’ Dead At Age 86
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140528231236240AA.mp4 (CBS/AP) — Maya Angelou, an award-winning author and poet, and a prominent voice in the civil rights movement, has died at the age of...
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Parents Mourn 9-Year-Old “Little Homey” Slain In Grand Crossing
CHICAGO (CBS) — The day after 9-year-old Antonio Smith was shot to death in the back yard of an apartment building in the south side Grand Crossing neighborhood, several hundred people filled the yard...
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Pro, Anti-Gun Protestors Rally Outside Suburban Gun Shop
(CBS) — About 200 protestors and counter-protestors were outside Chuck’s Guns in south suburban Riverdale Saturday morning, the site of frequent protests because of the number of firearms the shop...
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Pfleger Wants Churches To Lead Protests Of Ferguson, NYC Police Killing Cases
CHICAGO (CBS) — Activist priest Michael Pfleger was urging churches everywhere to take time out of services on Sunday for some civil disobedience, as a response to the second case of a grand jury...
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17th Ward Candidate Slams Mailers As “Lies,”“Lowest Of The Low”
CHICAGO (CBS) — Some sleazy tactics have surfaced in at least one race for alderman on the South Side. Someone has circulated a letter in the 17th Ward, purporting to be from aldermanic candidate David...
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Rainbow PUSH Holds Rally In Support Of JRW Players
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150214181513980AA.mp4 CHICAGO (CBS) — Supporters of the Jackie Robinson West Little League team rallied around the kids Saturday at the headquarters of the...
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Pfleger, Protesters Blast Rauner Budget Plan
CHICAGO (CBS) — Activists upset over Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed state budget cuts staged a protest Friday outside the Thompson Center. Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Church, said “this is...
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Spike Lee To Address Criticism Of Controversial New Movie “Chiraq”
CHICAGO (CBS) — Filmmaker Spike Lee was returning to Chicago on Thursday to answer questions about his controversial new film “Chiraq,” and explain the movie’s intent. Lee plans to set his movie in...
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Spike Lee Defends “Chiraq” Film, Blasts “People Just Judging From Afar”
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150514184111320AA.mp4 CHICAGO (CBS) — The title of Spike Lee’s new movie might not sit well with some, but the filmmaker was not backing down from calling...
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