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Sunday, February 19, 2012
5 - 5:30 a.m. The Great Outdoors with Charlie Potter 5:30 - 6 a.m. Love Changes Life 6 - 6:30 a.m. The Lutheran Hour 6:30 - 9 a.m. The Sunday Papers with Rick Kogan 9 - 11:20 a.m. Nick Digilio in for Dean Richards 10:20 a.m. Nick Digilio (in for...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Chicago Loop, Carol Burnett
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Homicides Down By 13% This Year in Chicago
(WGN-AM)- The number of homicides in Chicago decreased nearly 13 percent through June and the city saw a greater than 10 percent drop in overall crime, compared to the same time period last year, Chicago police announced Thursday. Chicago ended June with...Tags: Assault, Murder, Chicago Loop, University of Illinois at Chicago, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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CTA dedicates new 'L' station at Morgan and Lake — the first new Chicago stop to open in 15 years
Community activists have unsuccessfully prodded Chicago officials for years to build more CTA rail stations along the Lake Street elevated structure and on the branches of the Green Line to promote economic development in struggling neighborhoods below...Tags: Chicago Loop, McCormick Place, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Chicago
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Oh, what a wonderful Morgan ...
Amid all the fanfare and preparations for the NATO summit, the Chicago Department of Transportation quietly opened the Morgan stop in the West Loop on Friday. Green and Pink Line riders can now use the station, under construction since the summer of...
Tags: Electronics, Chicago Loop, NATO, Science and Technology, NATO Summit
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Tensions rise Saturday night between NATO protesters, police
Tensions between protesters and police heightened Saturday night on the eve of the NATO summit of world leaders, with helmeted police at an evening march using their nightsticks and bicycles to fend off surging demonstrators.
During a march that began in...Tags: Garry McCarthy, McCormick Place, Chicago Loop, NATO, Irving Park
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4 cops ordered to pay a total of $33,700 in West Loop bar beating
A federal jury on Friday awarded a combined $33,700 in damages to four men who accused several off-duty Chicago police officers of an unprovoked beating inside the Jefferson Tap Bar & Grille in 2006.
The damages will be paid by four of the six officers...Tags: Chicago Loop, Trials, Criminal Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Tribune
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Chicago auto restorer driven to establish provenance of rare French luxury car
David Cooper instructed the tall, elegant gentleman with a white beard to close his eyes and imagine he was behind the wheel of his mother's car in the 1940s.
Pretend it's raining, Cooper said. You need to turn on your wipers. What do you do? Arturo...Tags: Services and Shopping, Chicago Loop, Chicago Tribune Columnists, World War II (1939-1945), Aneurysm
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We have the freedom to assemble — but where?
So far, at least, fears that the upcoming NATO summit would produce an ugly, alienating Fortress Chicago have yet to come true.
The city's parks and plazas remain open. There are more police than normal on downtown streets, but they're not brandishing...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Chicago Loop, McCormick Place, Justice and Rights, Harvey
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McCarthy: Police have done well with protesters
Chicago police have done a good job handling NATO-related demonstrations so far this week, even when protesters at one event tried to provoke confrontations, Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Wednesday. In four significant protests this week,...
Tags: Garry McCarthy, Chicago Loop, NATO, Political Dissent, Demonstration
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City kicks in $29 million for West Loop office tower
Clout StreetThe city will kick in $29 million toward a downtown high rise project on a prime piece of riverfront property, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday. The long-discussed River Point office tower in the West Loop will rise 45 stories, overlooking the...Tags: Chicago Loop, Economy, Business and Finance, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Finance
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CPD Supt: NATO protestors welcome, criminal acts not tolerated
Tribune reporterChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said today that officers have done a good job handling protests so far this week and are prepared for the much larger crowds expected to demonstrate during this weekend’s NATO summit. McCarthy said...Tags: Garry McCarthy, Criminals, NATO, Chicago Loop, Political Dissent
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Zipcar adds cargo vans in Chicago market
Tribune staff reporterZipcar is beefing up its Chicago presence with a line of cargo vans ahead of Memorial Day and summer travel. The "Zipvan" program, which originally launched in San Francisco in November 2011 and in Boston and Washington D.C. in March 2012, is...Tags: South Loop, Memorial Day, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), Chicago Loop
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