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Sources: Pit Bull Bit Man’s Neck After He Collapsed, Died
UPDATED 06/15/11 9:48 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Authorities are investigating the death of a 25-year-old Lakeview neighborhood, who was apparently bitten by his dog after he collapsed and died. Matthew...
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Mislabeled Prescription Almost Resulted In Overdose For Elgin Child
CHICAGO (CBS) – If you have a sick child, you expect the prescription medicine to have the proper directions about how much medication to give, right? An Elgin mother recently began to give her sick...
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Hospital Agrees To Pay $8.25M In Baby’s Death From Overdose
CHICAGO (STMW) – A northwest suburban hospital has made a record settlement in a malpractice lawsuit in the death of a newborn. One year to the day after the suit was filed, Advocate Lutheran General...
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Unusually Strong, Dangerous Heroin Reported By ER Doctors
CHICAGO (CBS) — U.S. officials announced Thursday they shut down a drug-trafficking operation that was keeping Chicago streets stocked with heroin. Eleven people were arrested, and drug-enforcement...
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Boogaard Family Sues NHL For Son’s Death
CHICAGO (AP) – The family of a National Hockey League player who died of an accidental overdose of pain medication and alcohol has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the NHL, blaming it for brain...
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Toddler Dies Of Methadone OD, Mom Charged
(STMW) – A South Shore mother has been criminally charged after authorities ruled her 22-month-old daughter died of methadone poisoning while left with the woman’s bedridden husband for more than 14...
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Source: Assisted Living Facility Tied To Three Deaths Might Have Been...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Three employees of a South Holland assisted living facility have been removed from their jobs, after an elderly woman died from an overdose of pain medication. Two other residents who...
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One Of Three Patient Deaths Tied To Holland Home Ruled As Natural Causes
CHICAGO (CBS) — An autopsy has determined one of three seniors who died after allegedly being given overdoses of painkillers at a South Holland nursing home succumbed to natural causes. The Cook County...
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Beach Park Father, Son Dumped Overdose Victim: Lake County Sheriff
(CBS) – Rather than call for help, a father and son from north suburban Beach Park allowed a Schaumburg man to overdose on illegal drugs and then abandoned the victim in his car near their residence,...
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Family Sues South Holland Nursing Home Over Fatal Morphine Overdose
CHICAGO (CBS) — The family of an elderly woman who died of an overdose of morphine last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home where she lived. Dorothy Byrd, 98, was one of...
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Official Says Prince Died Of Opioid Overdose
CHICAGO (AP) — Tests show that Prince died of an opioid overdose, a law-enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his...
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5 Teens Hospitalized After Overdosing At North Suburban Party
(CBS) — Five teens were hospitalized early Saturday after they took Xanax and drank alcohol at a party in north suburban Tower Lakes. At 12:17 a.m., deputies responded to a call of a 16-year-old girl...
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Downers Grove Man Charged In Overdose Death Of 15-Year-Old Girl
CHICAGO (CBS) — A west suburban man has been charged with giving a 15-year-old foreign exchange student whom he was in a relationship with a fatal dose of methadone earlier this year. Francis Emanuele,...
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Parents Use Daughter’s Obituary To Help Others Struggling With Addiction
(CBS Local) – Whenever someone young dies, it’s poignantly sad. It’s easy to feel sympathy and empathy for those effected, and it’s palpable. In Milan, Ohio, 20-year-old Emily Cooley passed away from a...
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Riverside Police Warn Parents About Cold Medication Kids Use To Get High
CHICAGO (CBS) — Riverside Police are warning parents about something they said kids already know about: DXM, or cold medication that is being used to get high. What prompted the warning by police was...
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Judge Tosses Suit Against NHL For Enforcer Derek Boogaard’s Death
CHICAGO (CBS) — A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the National Hockey League by the parents of late Minnesota Wild enforcer Derek Boogaard, who died from an accidental...
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Man ODs Sitting In Court, Revived By Quick-Thinking Officers
(CBS) — Three Lake County, Illinois Sheriff’s correctional officers saved the life of a man who was slumped over in a Waukegan courtroom after he overdosed on opioids. The 24-year-old man was in the...
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Police Chief Receives Complaints After Officers Saved Man From Overdosing
CHICAGO (CBS) — The police chief in Riverside said he received angry calls after his officers revived a man who probably would have died of a heroin overdose over the weekend. Police Chief Tom Weitzel...
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Free OD Prevention Kits To Be Given Out In The City, Suburbs
CHICAGO (CBS) — It may come as news that the Chicago Recovery Alliance is giving out free Naloxone kits. A simple needle and one milliliter vial at seventeen locations in the city and two in the...
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Police: Man Died Of Suspected Overdose In O’Hare Bathroom
CHICAGO (CBS) — A west suburban man found dead last week in a bathroom at O’Hare International Airport suffered a suspected drug overdose, according to police. The 27-year-old man was found about 4:30...
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