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By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 14, 2011 11:00PM

  • One of four people injured when two cars crashed into a stalled train on the South side this morning said there was no sign the crossing was blocked. [Tribune]
  • Bob Cook, the Milwaukee man who was part of the "Never Missed a Super Bowl" club, has passed away. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • Illinois State Police director Jon Monken has resigned to take a job with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. [Sun-Times]
  • Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown handed out 170 pink slips today. [Sun-Times]
  • The Bears rejected a faxed request to interview offensive line coach Mike Tice for their vacant head coaching job. [Brad Biggs Twitter]
  • Metra's investigation into diesel exhaust inside its cars is worse than even they thought. [Tribune]
  • The mother of a 5-year-old boy who was killed when her boyfriend crashed his car while drunk blames the police for letting her boyfriend drive. [ABC7]