Chicago News Stories for Feb 11 2012

Hot off the presses go 2 Chicago brings you the latest breaking Chicago News Stories to hit the internet. We make a point of updating today’s headlines at least twice a day so make sure to check back for all your Chicago News Headlines

• Police: Two toddlers left on street in Englewood
  Someone dropped off two toddlers on the 7100 block of South Normal Avenue in Englewood and drove away.
• Blaze strikes Clerk Dorothy Brown’s home
  Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown’s house in the Calumet Heights neighborhood of Chicago caught fire Friday night.
• Police union sues Burge attorneys over fees
  The union representing Chicago police officers has sued a group of attorneys who represented disgraced former police Cmdr. Jon Burge, alleging that the lawyers fraudulently billed the union for nearly $150,000 for legal services that went unperformed.
• Snow moves on to Indiana, cold moves in
  It looks like we dodged a bullet as snowfall totals were lower than expected in the area and a winter weather advisory has expired.
• Metra: Woman killed when train hits vehicle near La Grange station
  A woman in her 50s was killed when a Metra work train on the BNSF line struck a vehicle near the La Grange Stone Avenue station tonight, authorities said.
• Jury clears N. Chicago police in 2009 excessive-force case
  Law enforcement in northern suburb has been under scrutiny
  
  A federal jury ruled Friday that North Chicago police did not use excessive force or violate the rights of a man who was shocked with a Taser during his 2009 arrest.

• Snow Maker Moves East as Temps Dive
  
  Winter weather advisory expired at 9 p.m. for Cook and Will counties but snow will continue to fall throughout the night.
  
  
• Autistic Teen Had Steak Knife: Sources
  
  Stephon Watts, 15, was shot by police in his Calumet City home last week
  
  
• Wanted: City Sticker Artist’s Dad
  
  Herbert Pulgar was among 17 known gang and suspected gang members charged four years ago, officials say.
  
  
• Why Pat Quinn Wants You to Play Powerball
  
  When you play Powerball, the state keeps half the money.
  
  
• Obama Way More Popular Than Last Guy Who Headed Dem Ticket
  
  In 2010, with the unpopular Pat Quinn heading the Democratic ticket, the Democrats lost four congressional seats in Illinois. This year, the very popular Barack Obama will be the first name voters see.
  
  
• Kirk Moves to Rehab Center
  
  At about 4:00 p.m. Friday, representatives for Senator Mark Kirk released an update on his status, and informed us that he had been transferred to a rehabilitiation center.
  
  

• Wolves Edged In Rockford 2-1
  The Chicago Wolves couldn’t find the equalizer in the third period and fell to the Rockford Icehogs 2-1 in an Illinois Lottery Cup match Friday night at the MetroCentre.
• Your Chicago: Gigi’s Playhouse
  From afar, it looks like any other playroom. Kids are laughing — enjoying their toys, books, and each other. But take a closer look and you will see that all of these kids are special. They all have Down syndrome, CBS 2′s Rob Johnson reports.
• Metra Train Collides With Vehicle, Killing Driver
  LAGRANGE, Ill. (STMW) — A Metra train struck a vehicle Friday night in west suburban LaGrange, killing the driver and halting train service on the BNSF Railway line. BNSF Railway equipment train No. 1282 struck [...]
• Bulls Top Bobcats 95-64 Without Rose
  Joakim Noah had 17 points and 14 rebounds, Carlos Boozer scored 16 points and the Chicago Bulls throttled the Charlotte Bobcats 95-64 Friday night despite the absence of their leading scorer and reigning league MVP, Derrick Rose.
• Suspect In YouTube Beating Video Released On Home Detention
  Raymond Palomino, 17, was among several teens charged last month in the wake of a YouTube-posted video that showed several youths ganging up on a single victim.
• Wi Opens Up 3-shot Lead At Pebble
  Charlie Wi escaped most of the rain and built a three-shot lead Friday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

• Prosecutors: Suspect wrote about murder in diary
  Prosecutors say a man recently apprehended in a 1997 murder near Downers Grove wrote about the killing in his diary. The diary belonging to Jose Alfredo Ruvalcaba-Quezada was located in 1999 as police searched his Utah home for evidence in an unrelated rape case, Assistant State’s Attorney Steven Knight said in court Friday.
• Victim’s mom vows complaint against Kane judge
  The mother of Cameron Godee, a 2009 St. Charles East High School graduate who was killed in a drunk driving crash, plans to file a complaint against Kane County Judge Timothy Sheldon. During a heated court hearing this week, Sheldon said he received a threatening letter from Mary Godee, which she denies.
• Family says Kirk’s spirit is ‘stronger than ever’
  U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was transferred from Northwestern Memorial Hospital to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago on Friday where he begin a recovery program. “The Senator has several pre-stroke factors in his favor that our research and experience demonstrate will foster a better recovery,” Dr. Richard L. Harvey, Medical Director of RIC’s Center for Stroke Rehabilitation, said.
• Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy
  President Barack Obama declared Friday he’s found a solution to a birth-control uproar that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free contraception, as he rushed to defuse an election-year issue that threatened to overtake his administration.
• See how Valentine’s Day treats are created in Geneva
  We go behind the scenes at Graham’s Fine Chocolates and Ice Cream in Geneva where work is underway to produce the mountain of sugared treats that will be gifted and eaten next week for Valentine’s Day. With everything from different flavors of peanut brittle to the skalie, which is Graham’s version of the turtle, there is sure to be something to please even the most die-hard sugar fanatic.

• Wolves Edged In Rockford 2-1
  The Chicago Wolves couldn’t find the equalizer in the third period and fell to the Rockford Icehogs 2-1 in an Illinois Lottery Cup match Friday night at the MetroCentre.
• Your Chicago: Gigi’s Playhouse
  From afar, it looks like any other playroom. Kids are laughing — enjoying their toys, books, and each other. But take a closer look and you will see that all of these kids are special. They all have Down syndrome, CBS 2′s Rob Johnson reports.
• Metra Train Collides With Vehicle, Killing Driver
  LAGRANGE, Ill. (STMW) — A Metra train struck a vehicle Friday night in west suburban LaGrange, killing the driver and halting train service on the BNSF Railway line. BNSF Railway equipment train No. 1282 struck [...]
• Bulls Top Bobcats 95-64 Without Rose
  Joakim Noah had 17 points and 14 rebounds, Carlos Boozer scored 16 points and the Chicago Bulls throttled the Charlotte Bobcats 95-64 Friday night despite the absence of their leading scorer and reigning league MVP, Derrick Rose.
• Suspect In YouTube Beating Video Released On Home Detention
  Raymond Palomino, 17, was among several teens charged last month in the wake of a YouTube-posted video that showed several youths ganging up on a single victim.
• Wi Opens Up 3-shot Lead At Pebble
  Charlie Wi escaped most of the rain and built a three-shot lead Friday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.