A 3-year-old girl miraculously survived a 2 1/2-story fall from an apartment window without suffering any injuries. The toddler tumbled through a screen and fell while looking out the window.

Chicago City Colleges will train students for jobs in the casino industry if the plan to introduce casinos in the state gets approved. Chancellor Wayne Watson made the announcement after Alderman Tom Tunney (44th), owner of Ann Sather's Restaurants, suggested offering casino training if the casino plan gets Legislative approval.

A Chicago woman, who called 9-1-1 to complain about illegal fireworks in her area, said all she could hear on the other end was uncontrollable laughter. Brigitte Biver called 3-1-1 on the evening of July 4 but the operator transferred her to the city's 9-1-1 emergency center. But all she could hear was wild laughter on the other end.

A toddler plagued police with almost 300 calls to 911 from a deactivated cell phone last month. By law even deactivated cell phones must retain the capacity to dial 911. But, police could only trace the calls as far as the apartment building where the tot lived. After 287 calls, police decided to ask the child what she wanted. When the 4-year-old girl told officers that she wanted McDonalds they persuaded her to give them her address so they could deliver the food to her suburban Chicago apartment.

A San Jose, California resident ended long-time Japanese dominance in the annual Fourth of July Hot Dog eating competition Wednesday. Joey Chestnut defeated six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi in a record-setting time by hogging 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes.