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Site not fit for a new school, neighbors say
Chicago Public Schools' plan to build an elementary school on polluted property in the shadow of the Chicago Skyway and an expiring coal-fired power plant near the Indiana border is raising the ire of parents in the working-class East Side neighborhood....Tags: Chicago, Heart Problems, Environmental Issues, Chicago Public Schools, Air Pollution
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Daley's security detail cut in half
Clout StreetFormer Mayor Richard Daley's security detail has been reduced to three police officers, two of whom will be on call to transport former first lady Maggie Daley to and from doctor appointments and the hospital, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said today. Chicago's...Tags: Interior Policy, Anita Alvarez, Maggie Daley, Politics, Rahm Emanuel
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Aldermen start to mull how to mark Chicago's 175th anniversary
Clout StreetThe recent controversy over Ald. Edward Burke’s bodyguard detail has focused attention on Chicago’s politically rancorous Council Wars era, and Burke himself nodded toward that time during discussions today about the city’s upcoming...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Doug Collins, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Jordan
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Emanuel: Daley's security detail to be re-evaluated by summer's end
Clout StreetFormer Mayor Richard Daley’s temporary security detail will be evaluated again this summer to see if he still needs Chicago police officers assigned to him for his safety, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday. The timetable on Daley’s detail...Tags: Chicago, Interior Policy, Anita Alvarez, House Building, Politics
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Convicted briber back on the job
WGN News InvestigationsAmericans believe in second chances, but a WGN investigation reveals this probably wasn’t the kind of second chance most people had in mind. The story begins with Chicago’s infamous “Operation Incubator” and the man who got...Tags: Waste Management and Pollution Control, Bribery, Public Officials, Waste Management Incorporated, Politics
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LINK Up Illinois to offer $10 in matching food stamp value at 10 city farmers markets
One of the biggest criticisms of the local food movement is that its produce costs too much, putting it out of reach to those who may need it most.
With more Americans relying on food stamps (called LINK in Illinois) today than at any other time in our...Tags: Chicago, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois), Illinois
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'Love and Shame and Love' by Peter Orner
Special to Tribune NewspapersLately, I've been trying to cure myself of my packrat tendencies and have been sorting through boxes of papers and mementos I've amassed over the years. In the box I most recently opened, I found an old Comiskey Park ticket stub from a Sox game I attended...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Saul Bellow, Carl Sandburg, Jane Byrne, Rogers Park
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Burke's perk: 25 years later, it's time to revisit powerful alderman's security deal
Change of SubjectThe deal between Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, and city officials signed nearly a quarter of a century ago is curiously open-ended. The "Chicago Police Department, its officers and agents, shall, during such time as plaintiff Edward M. Burke continues to...... -
What to see at Printers Row Lit Fest
Sunday
Memoir writing: How do you turn a life story into something more than a slog through boring facts? Perhaps Carol LaChapelle has an answer. 11 a.m., University Center/Multimedia Room
— Judy Hevrdejs, reporter
Tavern recipes: Susan and Drew...Tags: Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Julia Keller, Democratic National Conventions, University of Chicago
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As Blago wraps up for day, he denies one more shakedown charge
Tribune reportersBefore the trial wrapped up for the day, Rod Blagojevich began testifying about charges he tried to force a campaign donation from a horseracing executive by holding off on signing a bill that diverted casino funds to the struggling horse tracks in...Tags: Republican Party, Lawyers, Political Fundraising, Robert F. Kennedy, Homes
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May 26, 2011
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