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Obama campaign plans 'watch party'
Whoever wins the campaign for president a week from Tuesday, this election night is not likely to resemble 2008 on the streets of Chicago. Four years ago, Chicago police blanketed the streets of downtown as streams of jubilant Barack Obama supporters...
Tags: Barack Obama, NATO, Politics, International Organizations, Elections
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Man who said he had Harry Potter bomb pleads guilty in fake NATO threat
A reputed member of the anarchist “Black Bloc” pleaded guilty today to threatening to blow up a train overpass during the NATO summit and was sentenced to 4 years in prison by a Cook County judge. Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, was arrested in...
Tags: Terrorism, Lawyers, Trials, Politics, International Organizations
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Occupy’s niche smaller 1 year after landmark arrests
Change of SubjectThis week marks the first anniversary of a memorable act of street theater in the city — the peaceful, ritual arrest of 173 Occupy Chicago protesters who refused to leave Grant Park after the 11 p.m. curfew. As news accounts...... -
Chan Lowe: Ending the war in Afghanistan
In 1914, young German men, brought up in the martial legacy of Bismarck’s Prussia, boarded trains for the front in a festival atmosphere as young women showered them with flowers and kisses. There lay the promise of glory and adventure—not...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Afghanistan, Germany, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Lawyers for 3 charged in firembomb plot say solitary confinement in jail is 'cruel and unusual'
Tribune reporterLawyers for three men accused of plotting to firebomb police stations and other political targets during the NATO summit in Chicago said today their clients have been held in “cruel and unusual” solitary confinement in Cook County Jail. Brian...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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NATO explosives suspects face court apearance
Two men face court appearances Wednesday for plotting to make explosives to be used during the NATO summit. Sebastian Senakiewicz was arrested at the home of his mother's friend on the northwest side last Thursday. Mark Neiweem lives on the near...
Tags: NATO
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Pakistan convicts doctor who helped U.S. find bin Laden of treason-like charge; 38 years in prison
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U....
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Armed Conflicts, Police Investigations, Al-Qaeda
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski on what Chicago means to Poland
Poland is important to many Chicago-area residents, but what does Chicago mean to Poland? Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski stayed a day past the official NATO summit to visit Polish-Americans and the Chicago Tribune editorial board Tuesday. During...
Tags: NATO, Chicago Tribune, Bronislaw Komorowski, Poland, Facebook
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Planning Editor: Looking ahead to release a steady menu of news
A massive news event like the NATO summit in Chicago required the exhaustive work of much of our staff. But when it was over, our work was not. Advance planning ensured that we had plenty of enterprise stories in the pipeline so our coverage online and...
Tags: Memorial Day
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Chicago Police Department's Mounted Unit
Over the past almost forty years, fewer than 200 Chicago Police Officers have been mounties… special forces who protect the city from the back of a horse. The mounted police unit is a tight knit group. They’re good will ambassadors, and...
Tags: Human Interest, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Police Department
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Occupy's niche smaller 1 year after landmark arrests
This week marks the first anniversary of a memorable act of street theater in the city — the peaceful, ritual arrest of 173 Occupy Chicago protesters who refused to leave Grant Park after the 11 p.m. curfew. As news accounts at the time related,...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Protest, Police Arrests
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Obama picks McCormick Place for election night rally
Tribune reporterPresident Barack Obama plans to hold his election-night rally at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center, a move aimed at easing concerns over weather and security, sources with knowledge of the event said Wednesday. Given the indoor location,...Tags: Rentals, Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, Rahm Emanuel
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Oct 29, 2012
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Oct 17, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Oct 18, 2012
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