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There's no comforting cartoonist Ivan Brunetti
Tribune reporterLate on a Friday afternoon, the worst time of the week for a book signing, cartoonist Ivan Brunetti sat behind the counter at Chicago Comics in Lakeview and waited for fans. He waited and sighed. A line would form, fade away, form, fade. Some customers...Tags: Chicago Skyline, Arts, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Colleges and Universities, Newspaper and Magazine
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Lots of smoke, noise — but not much action on diesel engine idling
As fans left Wrigley Field after a late-season Cubs loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, they were greeted by clouds of noxious diesel exhaust from charter buses idling outside the ballpark, some for nearly an hour.
On another fall afternoon, three tour...Tags: Berkeley (Alameda, California), Tour Operations Industry, Politics, Physical Conditions, Environmental Issues
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Sex offender's past shows how easy it is to slip through justice system
Tribune reportersJeffrey Jewitt's red Nissan Altima slid through the side streets of Chicago's Northwest Side until he spotted his quarry: 11-year-old Crystal Landa walking home alone from St. Constance elementary school. The tree-lined street was empty. Her pink...Tags: Crimes, Trials, Prisons, Cell Phones, Rubber Products Industry
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Garfield Ridge: Where suburbia meets city
Special to the TribuneIngrid Lindo was born more than an ocean away, in Germany -- but she's spent more than half of her life in the southwest corner of the city. "To tell you the truth, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else," says Lindo, who turns 76 later this month. "I...Tags: Sales, Nursing, Germany, Norwood Park, Business
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At Niles' heart, a strong sense of pride
Special to The TribuneApril Maher pushes a shopping cart through the crowded aisles at Jerry's Fruit and Garden Center on Milwaukee Avenue. Maher, who lives in neighboring Park Ridge, places two cartons of strawberries in her cart and says she likes to shop in Niles. "Even...Tags: Sales, Libraries, Cook County Government, Politics, Arts and Culture
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Portage Park: a diverse, yet tight-knit neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side
The year was 1972, and then-teenager George Borovik was in his glory. The U.S. Olympic swim trials were being held at the Olympic-size pool at Portage Park, right in his own Chicago neighborhood.
"I remember going to the prelims," Borovik recalled....Tags: Separation of Church and State, News Media, Ted (movie), Portage Park, Arts and Culture
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A fuller flowering of Salvadoran flavors
A foodie rite of passage here in Los Angeles is to walk the pupusa mile: that stretch of Beverly Boulevard where Koreatown's northeastern fringe pans to a scramble of auto services, a hostess club or two, and Central American restaurants and bakeries....Tags: Cabbage, French Bread, Foods and Beverages, Restaurants, Onions
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Man held in string of Honda thefts on NW Side
Chicago police have arrested a man from the Northwest Side's Belmont Heights neighborhood in connection with a string of car thefts in the area.
Lazaro Montanez, 22, of the 3900 block of North Olcott Avenue, was charged with four counts of possession of...Tags: Crimes, Theft, Vehicles, Crime, Law and Justice
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4 hurt in crash on Northwest Side
Four people were injured this afternoon in a traffic accident in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The crash, which occurred near Foster-Austin Park at the intersection of Berwyn and Austin avenues at about 4:09 p.m., spurred a...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Medical Services, Emergency Planning, Fires, Health
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Polonia Bookstore
Special to the TribunePolonia Bookstore, America's largest Polish-American bookstore, according to its website, is in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood. In 1986 Polonia relocated to its 10,000-square-foot space with the intention of being a cultural touchstone for the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture
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Cops: NW Side raids yield 3,000 pounds of pot
Four men face felony drug-trafficking charges after authorities seized about 3,000 pounds of marijuana from their Northwest Side homes.
Omar Gonzalez, 37, and Mario Rodriguez, 19, both of the 4700 block of North Central Avenue, and Cesar Diaz, 33,...Tags: Crimes, Justice System, Judges, Homes, Crime, Law and Justice
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6043 N. Marmora Avenue, Chicago, IL 60646
On March 19th, 2010, Thomas J. Williams and Kathleen A. Williams sold their residence at 6043 N. Marmora Ave. in Chicago, Illinois to Richard D. Bornholdt and Lindsey Bornholdt. The Bornholdts purchased the home for $367,000. Lindsay Bornholdt is a...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Property, Cook County, Illinois, Homes
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