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chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/22/board-votes-to-close-49-chicago-elementary-schools/

Gov. Pat Quinn says he's reviewing a bill that would legalize the medical use of marijuana.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/20/quinn-to-keep-open-mind-about-medical-marijuana-bill/

Four NBA teams remain in the running for the title, and the never-say-die Bulls are not one of them because, well, they died.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/19/bernstein-other-nba-teams-try-hard-too/

Sports

City streets could be full of protesters again on Monday, as the Chicago Teachers Union wraps up a three-day march to voice opposition to plans to close more than 50 public schools.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/20/teachers-union-to-wrap-up-three-day-protest-of-school-closings/

If baseball truly wants to take the next step forward, bleed technology for all it can give. Just make sure you get it right.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/21/ofman-its-time-for-replay-in-baseball/

Sports

A nephew of the dog owner was able to pull the animal off the boy, who suffered bites to his arms and legs.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/20/neighbors-dog-seriously-injures-9-year-old-boy/

Five people have been killed and at least 18 others wounded — including a 12-year-old boy left in critical condition — in shootings across the city since Friday night.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/20/5-dead-15-wounded-in-weekend-violence/

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chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/18/jail-inmate-charged-with-previous-murder-shooting-in-robbins/

Park Ridge police were asking for the public’s health in a fraud investigation against a man they said has been using a fake identity to fleece people in at least four states.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/police-believe-alleged-con-man-had-scores-of-victims-in-4-states/

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chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/illinois-senate-passes-medical-marijuana-legislation/-

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/illinois-senate-passes-medical-marijuana-legislation/

Politics

An inmate was found guilty Tuesday of trying to hire a “hitman” to kill the judge and prosecutor who put him behind bars in 2010.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/14/inmate-convicted-of-trying-to-hire-hitman-to-kill-judge-prosecutor/

On a muggy August night in 2010, a cabal of would-be robbers conspired to break into a northwest Indiana social club for the cash they thought they’d find. Before dawn, the six or more had killed two men, both innocent victims, but didn’t even steal enoug

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/16/six-charged-with-murder-for-2010-gary-crime-spree/

A West Side man with a deep criminal history and a unique tattoo on his face has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot and kill police officers, WBBM's Mike Krauser reports.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/15/man-with-cop-killa-tattoo-charged-with-threatening-cops/

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/15/bishop-moves-in-home-to-face-down-gangs/

The outbreak of shootings came after a two-week period of relative calm and, once again, coincided with an improvement in the weather, as temperatures climbed into the 80s.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/15/2-dead-10-wounded-in-gun-violence-overnight/

Police and firefighters got a tip about a boy’s body possibly in the river near 31st and First Avenue. Cook County Sheriff’s officers pulled the child out of the water and the body has been taken to the medical examiner’s office for identification.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/14/body-of-small-child-found-in-des-plaines-river/

Someone dumped a mother Labrador retriever and 17 puppies at the side of a dark road in the Indiana Dunes State Park on Friday.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/14/dog-17-puppies-dumped-at-indiana-dunes-state-park/

CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley talked with the Alsip company that provided the so-called “party bus” to two dozen Oswego East High School students.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/13/limo-company-prom-driver-charged-with-dui-was-bad-apple/

A 54-year-old man is accused of drunk driving while transporting a bus full of high school students to the prom in Glen Ellyn last evening.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/12/limo-driver-charged-with-dui-after-driving-teens-to-prom/