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The Village of Skokie Health Department confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus today.  Officials would not release the name, but said the 76-year-old Skokie woman is hospi...

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  NBC's Olympics broadcast was the most watched Olympics ever through its first three days, the Washington Post reported. The network has garnered some criticism for its decisio...

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Christina Loukas, a Deerfield High School alumna, has advanced to the Olympic diving semifinals after finishing with a score of 330.45 to finish seventh of the 30 divers in the preliminar...

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If it seems like this summer has been hotter than you've remembered it being in summers past, you're not wrong.AccuWeather.com recently reported that 4,313 record high temperatures were r...

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Isolated t-storms are possible Friday with a much better chance of widespread t-storms by late Saturday and into early Sunday with possibly some severe weather moving through parts of nor...

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After helping Michael Phelps win the most Olympic medals in history, Winnetka native Conor Dwyer celebrated with a 4,610-calorie McDonald’s meal, according to The Des Moines Register. 
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