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By
Charlie Meyerson, Daywatch columnist
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MONSTER TRAIN FEARS. Suburban officials worry that a plan to divert transcontinental freight traffic through their areas will result in 2-mile-long trains -- big enough to block every rail crossing simultaneously in some communities. Richard Wronski reports:
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Police in one suburb crack down on too-loud radios:
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MIDAIR P*** CRASH. A Chicago heart surgeon is dead after a collision in the sky over Wyoming:
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Traffic crash near O'Hare kills woman:
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Motorcyclist killed after crossing median in Chicago:
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'I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY, DON'T YOU?' John McCain answers critics of his "Paris Hilton" slap at Barack Obama:
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Anti-Obama book becomes a big seller:
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'IN THIS CULTURAL CLIMATE, IF CHICAGO WERE ABLE TO SPEND AS MUCH AS NEW TRIER SPENDS ON EACH STUDENT, BLACK MALES STILL WOULD UNDERPERFORM.' Dennis Byrne takes issue with Sen. James Meeks' plan to protest school funding inequities by encouraging kids to
skip school:
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Ministers rally to urge kids to boycott the first day of class, but dads group says no:
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Tips for managing back-to-school sticker shock:
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NO TAXES? A new report says two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005:
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Rock star sues over soured investment in McDonald's venture:
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NEW CH. 32 ANCHOR. He's jumping from Fox News Channel next week. Phil Rosenthal has the story:
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The Watcher: How Comic-Con is changing the TV industry.
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'IF YOU SMILE AT THE WILD-EYED POSE DOWNEY STRIKES IN THE POSTER FOR "TROPIC THUNDER," YOU'LL PROBABLY GET YOUR NINE BUCKS' WORTH.' Michael Phillips gives "Tropic Thunder" 3 stars:
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Roger Ebert gives it 3 1/2 (rogerebert.com):
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WEATHER. Latest forecast, continually updated radar pictures and Tom Skilling's seven-day outlook:
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Who coined the phrase "global warming"?
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CUBS FANS FACE TRIAL. Two of them will have to defend themselves in the beating of a Brewers fan:
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Sox fall out of first:
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Ex-Bear: Chicago is "where receivers go to die."
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AS YOU SLEPT ... Around 3 a.m., a guy from Texas won a gold medal at the Olympics. Catch up with what happened overnight:
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Report: Girl's Olympics singing was faked.
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... and so were some fireworks:
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Do the Olympics have you coveting new swim goggles? Slate.com rates them:
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Medal count:
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3Q FOR READING. Kevin Pang offers a primer on Chinese text-messaging slang:
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