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  1. Sox extend winning streak to seven trib.in/KqJoKY about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. 9 hurt, 2 critically, after welder ignites fire at Villa Park VFW on bingo night trib.in/MWFhbn about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. It's official: Romney clinches GOP nomination trib.in/MWAlDf about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Folk legend Doc Watson dies at 89 trib.in/KqG6HF about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. Update: Red and Brown Line trains moving again past site of fire near tracks in Lincoln Park trib.in/JyXgUa about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. Cubs win 2nd straight, best Padres, 5-3 trib.in/KQ3huC about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  7. Update: Service restored on Brown Line between Kimball and Western trib.in/JyXgUa about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. Another fire on Brown Line tracks at Rockwell shuts service between Kimball and Western. trib.in/JyXgUa about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  9. Metra delays on North line after person struck by train near Ravenswood stop trib.in/Jz328q about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
  10. #CTA lines using Red Line tracks shut down north of Armitage, south of Belmont due to fire at furniture store. trib.in/JyXXNd about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck
  11. Brown, Red, Purple Lines shut down due to fire on Sheffield Avenue: trib.in/JyXgU9 about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck
  12. Ill. lawmakers approve tax hike on cigarettes to $1.98 a pack. trib.in/JyUHl2 about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck
  13. Ill. lawmakers 1 step away from approving $1 hike in cigarette tax. trib.in/JyUHl2 about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
  14. Blackhawks GM "disappointed" by Patrick Kane's Wis. party pics. trib.in/KDfhhQ about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
  15. Top cop McCarthy reacts to violence over holiday weekend. trib.in/JyNph7 about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
  16. Cubs fans and goat end their 2,000-mile walk to Chicago to break the curse. trib.in/JMBIQy about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
  17. Ill. pension reform clears 1st hurdle in Springfield: trib.in/JMBOb6 about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
  18. Pomeranian lost in Chicago River back home after being found in Ravenswood neighborhood trib.in/Jyyvrc about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck
  19. Chicago-area home prices hit new low in March trib.in/JLWtfs about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck
  20. Facebook's next possible acquisition: Opera. And the price may top $1 billion trib.in/JRYkxp about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck