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Poll: City residents don't want speed cameras
Mayor Rahm Emanuel billed his soon-to-be-launched speed camera program as being about child safety and not raising cash, but a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows most Chicago voters are skeptical of the mayor's rationale and don't want the devices.
The survey...Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Photography and Video, Chicago Tribune, Jefferson Park
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Cops: Boy, 12, missing from Northwest Side is reunited with family
Update: Victor Lao was reunited with his family today and is safe at home, police said. Police are searching today for a 12-year-old boy who went missing Saturday afternoon from the city's Portage Park neighborhood. Victor Lao was last seen about 2 p.m....
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New City, Woodlawn each see 2 homicides in 1 day
RedEyeNew City and Woodlawn each saw two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On Saturday in Woodlawn, a man was shot to death in the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue and a 28-year-old woman was fatally shot in the...Tags: Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Auburn Gresham, Near West Side, West Town, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Peoples Gas hits funding bump in $2.5 billion plan to replace pipes
Peoples Gas is digging up Chicago streets and replacing rusty, leak-prone pipes with plastic pipes that can deliver natural gas faster, safer and more efficiently. "There's pipe that went in the ground when Lincoln was president," said Willard Evans Jr.,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Nicor Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues, Great Chicago Fire (1871)
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Listing: Chicago-area farmers markets
An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets.
The Daley Plaza...Tags: Beecher, South Shore, Englewood, Uptown, Genoa
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Reader nominations
We get so many nominations for truly deserving Remarkable Women that we want to feature a few more each week. And don't forget: If you think you know a Remarkable Woman, please email TribU@tribune.com. Nomination videos are also welcome! Dancing...Tags: Entertainment, Rwanda, Entertainment Events, Dance
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Brighton Park sees 2 homicides in 2 days
RedEyeBrighton Park saw two homicides in two days last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. A 13-year-old boy was shot to death Saturday in the 4600 block of South Spaulding Avenue, police said. One day earlier, a 28-year-old woman was...Tags: Garfield Park, Chatham, East Garfield Park, Rogers Park, Shootings
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Boy, 14, critically wounded in Northwest Side stabbing
Tribune reporterA 14-year-old boy was critically wounded Friday night in a stabbing in an alley in the city's Portage Park neighborhood, police said. The stabbing happened about 9:26 p.m. in an alley on the 4200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue on the Northwest Side,...Tags: Chicago Police Department
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Remarkable Woman: Dorene Wiese
Dorene Wiese isn't afraid of going against tradition — even though tradition means everything to her.
She was one of seven American Indians in the state of Minnesota to ever graduate high school in 1967. She went on to get her bachelor's degree and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Music, Eastern Illinois University
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Mortgage rates push past 4%
Mortgage rates are heading up, and consumers have an improving economy to blame. The uptick, which has pushed the rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional mortgage above 4 percent, may curb serial refinancers from calling their mortgage brokers. But...Tags: Real Estate, Rentals, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Mortgages, Economy, Business and Finance
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Prosecutors: Drunk man rammed SUV into car repeatedly
Tribune reporterA 25-year-old Chicago man faces a litany of charges arising out of an alleged attack Saturday night when, according to prosecutors, he repeatedly crashed his 2000 Ford Explorer into another vehicle on the city's Northwest Side. Michael Bambouyani, 25, of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Motorvehicle Accidents, Chicago Fire Department, Drunk Driving
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Portage Park neighborhood man killed, 2 wounded in overnight city shootings
Three young men were shot and wounded, one fatally, in separate late night shootings occurring across the city. The most serious shooting involved a 26-year-old man discovered with a gunshot wound to the head at about 12:50 a.m. this morning in the...
Tags: Garfield Park, East Garfield Park, Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters and Accidents, Shootings
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